On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 07:52:48PM +0100, Uwe Brauer said: > Hello First, note that you don't want to send emails to the macports-tickets list, you want the macports-users list instead:
<http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users> > > I just downloaded the last darwin port (1.7) for Leopard. Now 2 > problems occur 1.7 is old, and DarwinPorts has not existed for several years now, see <http://www.macports.org/install.php> for the current MacPorts version and <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/DarwinPorts> for info on naming. > > sudo port -d selfupdate > > gives me > "macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]" > Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new > MacPorts base: shell command "cd > /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && > ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl > --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin > --with-directory-mode=0755 && make && make install" returned error 1 > configure: error: in > `/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base': > configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > See `config.log' for more details. Sounds like you may not have Xcode installed, which is a requirement as MacPorts usually builds from source; see <http://guide.macports.org/#installing> for help on installing. > > > and when I try to install say xemacs > sudo port install xemacs > > I obtain > Error: Unable to execute port: invalid command name "license" This should be fixed once you get 1.8.1 installed, as well as the livecheck.type error. Bryan > > So I thought the reason lies in the missing CC compiler > sudo port install apple-gcc40 > > gives > > Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "livecheck.type" > > > > what can I do > > thanks very much > > Uwe Brauer _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users