... ups, this I have probably overlooked. (have made the installation from
source).
But before I now uninstall everything to perform a reinstall, some further
questions:
Can I do an installation with parameter "--with-applications-dir" carefree over
the existing installation... without losing the information about installed
apps, e.g. inside "registry.db"?
The documentation for upgrading a source installation is described as follows
in the documentation:
MacPorts Guide, Chapter: 2.3:
"To upgrade a copy of MacPorts that was installed from source to the
newer release of the source code, simply repeat the source install with the
newer version of the MacPorts source code."
But does this also apply if I specify an additional parameter like
"--with-applications-dir"?
Or can I change the path afterwards in configuration file(s), e.g.
'/opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf:applications_dir
/Applications/MacPorts'?
(of course after a 'sudo mv /Applications/MacPorts /opt/local/.')
Does anyone have any experience or reliable information on this?
Thanks and cheers!
> On 9 Nov 2022, at 16:54, Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Build MacPorts from source and use the --with-applications-dir option when
> configuring it.
>
> -- Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macports-users <[email protected]> on behalf of
> supervisitor via macports-users <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: supervisitor <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 10:38 AM
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: how to move "Python Launcher" away from /Application folder?
>
> Hi.
>
> This "MacPorts" folder inside Applications, where the Python Launcher is
> inside, looks useless for me... but is needed when I launch "port -v upgrade
> outdated" from terminal.
> => does someone know a solution to move this folder and files inside away
> from there, best would be inside /opt/...
>
> Cheers...
>
>
