Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?
On 14 Sep 2008, at 01:27, Ryan Schmidt wrote: I think I've successfully installed MacPorts without root privileges. I installed from source using: ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.macports --with-install-user=$USER -- with- install-group=staff --with-tclpackage=~/Library/Tcl I also prefer to use MacPorts without root when possible... I use this: PREFIX=/mp ./configure \ --enable-readline \ --prefix=$PREFIX \ --with-tclpackage=$PREFIX/Library/Tcl \ --with-install-user=rschmidt \ --with-install-group=admin (this was based on my interpretation of https://trac.macports.org/wiki/gsoc08-privileges) As Bryan said, the gsoc08-privileges branch has not yet been merged into trunk, so if you're building from trunk, you're not getting any of that new code yet. Thanks. I realize most of the features discussed on that page are not in trunk. But it was useful for me to extract information about what I could do with trunk right now, especially the configure options you mention. However, I've run into trouble with a couple of packages. These errors boil down to: Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: can't create directory / Applications/MacPorts: permission denied I change the ownership of /Applications/MacPorts to my user. Unfortunately I can't do that. I would like to install into ~/ Applications/MacPorts. Is there any way to change this directory to, say, ~/Applications/ MacPorts or is it hard-coded? In MacPorts 1.6.0 and earlier it is hardcoded. In trunk, there is a new configure parameter --with-applications-dir and a new macports.conf option applications_dir. I'll respond to this in my reply to Bryan's message, but thanks very much for your help! -- Mike ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?
On 12 Sep 2008, at 22:07, Bryan Blackburn wrote: Is there any way to change this directory to, say, ~/Applications/ MacPorts or is it hard-coded? Which source-based install are you using? Running off trunk allows you to change the location of the Applications and Frameworks install locations by editing etc/macports/macports.conf and setting: applications_dir/path/to/Applications frameworks_dir /path/to/Library/Frameworks If you're running from 1.6 source, then you can't do this...Also note that the GSoC stuff you were looking into is on its own branch still, not on the trunk. Forgive my ignorance, but if I installed from 1.6 source and then ran port -v selfupdate am I still running from 1.6 or am I on trunk? How does the --with-applications-dir ./configure option that Ryan mentions interest with this macports.conf option? Do I need both? -- Mike ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:39:08PM +0100, Michael Williams said: [...] Forgive my ignorance, but if I installed from 1.6 source and then ran port -v selfupdate am I still running from 1.6 or am I on trunk? selfupdate will keep you on the official release which is 1.6.0 still; it will not switch you over to a trunk-based build. The only way to run off of trunk is to checkout the source and build it [1]. How does the --with-applications-dir ./configure option that Ryan mentions interest with this macports.conf option? Do I need both? The configure option will set what gets put into macports.conf (unless you already have a macports.conf, then it will not be overwritten). With a fresh install, either method works but if you forget to give configure that option, you can simply update macports.conf and the end result is the same. Bryan [1] - http://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/RunningTrunk -- Mike ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?
On Sep 12, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Michael Williams wrote: I think I've successfully installed MacPorts without root privileges. I installed from source using: ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.macports --with-install-user=$USER --with- install-group=staff --with-tclpackage=~/Library/Tcl I also prefer to use MacPorts without root when possible... I use this: PREFIX=/mp ./configure \ --enable-readline \ --prefix=$PREFIX \ --with-tclpackage=$PREFIX/Library/Tcl \ --with-install-user=rschmidt \ --with-install-group=admin (this was based on my interpretation of https://trac.macports.org/ wiki/gsoc08-privileges) As Bryan said, the gsoc08-privileges branch has not yet been merged into trunk, so if you're building from trunk, you're not getting any of that new code yet. However, I've run into trouble with a couple of packages. These errors boil down to: Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: can't create directory / Applications/MacPorts: permission denied I change the ownership of /Applications/MacPorts to my user. Is there any way to change this directory to, say, ~/Applications/ MacPorts or is it hard-coded? In MacPorts 1.6.0 and earlier it is hardcoded. In trunk, there is a new configure parameter --with-applications-dir and a new macports.conf option applications_dir. Many ports do not yet respect this parameter. If file tickets for any such port you find so we can correct the problem. Actually I set applications_dir to /Applications/mp, just to make it different from the default so I can more easily spot ports that don't use the setting. That's also one of the reasons I don't use /opt/ local as my MacPorts prefix. p.s. if anyone knows mutt and MacPorts well, I have another package problem which I think it mutt-related rather than MacPorts, but comments welcome: http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.unix.mutt- users/browse_thread/thread/49b65590cb94eea5# ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 03:13:36PM +0100, Michael Williams said: Hi, I think I've successfully installed MacPorts without root privileges. I installed from source using: ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.macports --with-install-user=$USER --with- install-group=staff --with-tclpackage=~/Library/Tcl (this was based on my interpretation of https://trac.macports.org/wiki/gsoc08-privileges) . However, I've run into trouble with a couple of packages. These errors boil down to: Error: Target org.macports.activate returned: can't create directory / Applications/MacPorts: permission denied Is there any way to change this directory to, say, ~/Applications/ MacPorts or is it hard-coded? Which source-based install are you using? Running off trunk allows you to change the location of the Applications and Frameworks install locations by editing etc/macports/macports.conf and setting: applications_dir/path/to/Applications frameworks_dir /path/to/Library/Frameworks If you're running from 1.6 source, then you can't do this...Also note that the GSoC stuff you were looking into is on its own branch still, not on the trunk. p.s. if anyone knows mutt and MacPorts well, I have another package problem which I think it mutt-related rather than MacPorts, but comments welcome: http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.unix.mutt-users/browse_thread/thread/49b65590cb94eea5# It looks like mutt would need to have its install routines patched a bit to maybe ignore an error when the chgrp fails, though that may be a bad thing to do do the base mutt, so perhaps only in MacPorts. Bryan Thanks, -- Mike Williams ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
