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[Joshua Root]

On 2018-4-25 02:36 , Vishnu wrote:
> I tried using these
> 
>  1.
> 
>     *|mkdir -p /opt/mports|*
>     |$| *|cd /opt/mports|*
>     |$| *|git clone https://github.com/macports/macports-base.git|*
>     |$| *|git checkout v2.4.3 # skip this if you want to use the development
>     version|*
> 
>  2.
> 
>     Build and Install MacPorts
> 
>     MacPorts uses autoconf and makefiles for installation. These
>     commands will build and install MacPorts to |/opt/local|. You can
>     add |--prefix| to |./configure| to relocate MacPorts to another
>     directory if needed.
> 
>     |$| *|cd /opt/mports/macports-base|*
>     |$| *|./configure --enable-readline|*
>     |$| *|make|*
>     |$| *|sudo make install|*
>     |$| *|make distclean|*
> 
> while trying to configure i am getting :    configure: error: mtree not
> found.
> 
> How to proceed?
> 
> I think i need to install additional files.
> Can someone help?

See the list of prerequisites at
<https://www.macports.org/install.php#other>.

Look up which package provides mtree on your distro and install it. The
executable is sometimes called 'fmtree' on Linux, so you may need to set
MTREE=fmtree (or whatever it's actually called) when running configure.

- Josh