Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?

2008-09-16 Thread Michael Williams
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

Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?

2008-09-16 Thread Michael Williams
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

Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?

2008-09-16 Thread Bryan Blackburn
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

Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?

2008-09-13 Thread Ryan Schmidt
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

Re: Installing without root privileges: what about /Applications/MacPorts?

2008-09-12 Thread Bryan Blackburn
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