[MacPorts] Notification: InstallingMacPorts modified

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Changed page "InstallingMacPorts" by pburkholder at pobox.com from 130.14.27.81*
Page URL: <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts>
Diff URL: <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts?action=diff&version=32>
Revision 32
Comment: clean up non-root install section

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Index: InstallingMacPorts
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--- InstallingMacPorts (version: 31)
+++ InstallingMacPorts (version: 32)
@@ -116,16 +116,20 @@
 '''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 ===
+=== Install MacPorts from source as an unprivileged (non-root) 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.
+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 (tested on Leopard and Tiger).
 
-  * Note:  For Leopard, one needs to apply the patch from http://trac.macports.org/changeset/32105
+
+  * Download the source as bzip2 tarball from [http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/ MacPorts download area]
   * Run the following
  
 {{{
   tar -jxf MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.bz2 && cd MacPorts-1.6.0
+}}}
+  * Note:  For Leopard, you next need to apply the patch from http://trac.macports.org/changeset/32105.  Then:
 
+{{{
   PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin ./configure \
   --prefix=$HOME/macports \
   --with-install-user=`id -un` \
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@
   * Add something like the following to your Mac's ".bashrc":
 
 {{{
-  export PATH=$HOME/macports/bin:$HOME/macports/sbin:$PATH:$HOME/lbin:$HOME/bin
+  export PATH=$HOME/macports/bin:$HOME/macports/sbin:$PATH
   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
 }}}

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