Setting up multiple MacPorts copies on one machine

[Rainer Müller]

David Bruce wrote:
> My question is how people make this simple to manage.   Is there an
> established way to set up aliases, paths, etc? I want to be sure that
> if I type "sudo port", I run the default macports copy, and have a
> function or alias (say "sudo tuxport") that gives me "port" from my
> non-default installation.

To be really sure, just use the full path to the port binary. Otherwise
a alias should do fine, but note that shell aliases will not work with
sudo. You would have to create a symlink.

Rainer