<div dir="ltr">This is what happens when I issue <div>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">%portindex</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Creating port index in ~/ports</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Total number of ports parsed:<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Ports successfully parsed:<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Ports failed:<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Up-to-date ports skipped:<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">also </span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">%port version</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Version: 2.5.4</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">%which port</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">
</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">/opt/local/bin/port</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 6:12 PM M P <<a href="mailto:mzp3769@gmail.com">mzp3769@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I did that and all seem to work fine as below but when trying<div>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">sudo port install nco</span></p>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Error: Port nco not found</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">I am reluctant to issue</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><code class="m_90184918537920261gmail-prompt" style="font-size:medium;font-variant-ligatures:normal">$</code><span style="background-color:rgb(230,230,230);font-size:medium;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal"> </span><strong class="m_90184918537920261gmail-userinput" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><code>sudo port -fp uninstall installed</code></strong></span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">followed by</span></p><pre class="m_90184918537920261gmail-programlisting" style="font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(230,230,230);border:thin inset black;overflow:auto;padding:2px 5px;margin:2px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><code class="m_90184918537920261gmail-prompt">$</code> <strong class="m_90184918537920261gmail-userinput"><code>sudo rm -rf \
/opt/local \
/Applications/DarwinPorts \
/Applications/MacPorts \
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
/Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \
/Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \
/Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
/Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
/Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \ </code></strong></pre><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><strong class="m_90184918537920261gmail-userinput" style="font-size:medium;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal"><code> ~/.macports</code></strong> </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>........</div><div>%sudo port -v selfupdate<br></div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync</span></p>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf <a href="http://ftp.fau.de" target="_blank">ftp.fau.de</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on <a href="http://ftp.fau.de" target="_blank">ftp.fau.de</a>.</span></p>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.</span></p>
<p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span>....</p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><br></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Willkommen auf dem RSYNC-server auf <a href="http://ftp.fau.de" target="_blank">ftp.fau.de</a>.</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Nicht all unsere Mirror sind per rsync verfuegbar.</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Welcome to the RSYNC daemon on <a href="http://ftp.fau.de" target="_blank">ftp.fau.de</a>.</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Not all of our mirrors are available through rsync.</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">receiving file list ... done</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">./</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">ports.tar</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">ports.tar.rmd160</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:11px Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">sent 56412 bytes<span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>received 128745 bytes<span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>41146.00 bytes/sec</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:13px">
</p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">total size is 64589312<span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>speedup is 348.84</span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="m_90184918537920261gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="m_90184918537920261gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 4:19 PM Ryan Schmidt <<a href="mailto:ryandesign@macports.org" target="_blank">ryandesign@macports.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br>
On Oct 8, 2018, at 07:19, M P wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hello,<br>
> There is a port "nco" listed as available but its installation fails under Mojave 10.14<br>
> with<br>
> <br>
> sudo port install nco<br>
> Error: Port nco not found<br>
> <br>
> What is the reason?<br>
<br>
Sounds like a problem with your port index. Try running<br>
<br>
sudo port -v selfupdate<br>
<br>
See if any errors are printed about the port index, or if it works after doing that.<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div></div>