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Changed page "InstallingMacPorts" by pburkholder at pobox.com from 130.14.27.81*
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Diff URL: <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts?action=diff&version=31>
Revision 31
Comment: Added non-root install notes (Peter Burkholder)

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 '''Note:'''
  * To see why /usr/local is not a viable install location for MacPorts, see the [http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/FAQ MacPorts FAQ]
 
+=== Install MacPorts from source as an unprivileged user ===
+
+If you don't have root on your machine, or if you just prefer to install packages without becoming root, the following steps will install MacPorts into ~/macports.
+
+  * Note:  For Leopard, one needs to apply the patch from http://trac.macports.org/changeset/32105
+  * Run the following
+ 
+{{{
+  tar -jxf MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.bz2 && cd MacPorts-1.6.0
+
+  PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin ./configure \
+  --prefix=$HOME/macports \
+  --with-install-user=`id -un` \
+  --with-install-group=`id -gn` \
+  --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include \
+  --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib \
+  --with-tclpackage=$HOME/macports/share/macports/Tcl
+
+  make
+  make install
+}}}
+
+  * Add something like the following to your Mac's ".bashrc":
+
+{{{
+  export PATH=$HOME/macports/bin:$HOME/macports/sbin:$PATH:$HOME/lbin:$HOME/bin
+  export MANPATH=$HOME/macports/share/man:$MANPATH
+  export PERL5LIB=$HOME/macports/lib/perl5/5.8.8:$HOME/macports/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8:$PERL5LIB
+}}}
+
+
 === Install MacPorts from a developer release ===
 Under construction.
 

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