Newbie Port Errors

Clint Laskowski clint at robotic.com
Tue Dec 5 14:54:13 PST 2006


That seems to have done it! Thanks. If I have other trouble with the 
port, I'll ask here :-)

-- Clint

Tim Shubitz wrote:
> Clint,
>    I think you need to update the local index of available ports. Give 
> this command a whirl then try installing the port you mentioned:
>
> sudo port selfupdate
>
> Hope that helps. Have a great day.
>
> - tim
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Clint Laskowski wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm brand new to this list, but have been a Mac user since 1984 (I 
>> met Steve Jobs at SoftCon in February 1984 in New Orleans, a month 
>> after the Mac was introduced!).
>>
>> I'm trying to install Nepenthes (http://nepenthes.mwcollect.org/) on 
>> my iBook G4. There are some instructions on doing this at 
>> http://nepenthes.mwcollect.org/documentation:readme#mac_osx.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I'm unable to complete even the first command :-(
>>
>> Xcode2 is installed. My system is up-to-date (10.4.8). I have 
>> Internet connectivity. Here's what I get:
>>
>> $ sudo part install libtool # libtoolize
>> Warning: Can't open index file for source: 
>> rsync://rsync.darwinports.org/dpupdate/dports
>> Error: search for portname libtool failed: No index(es) found! Have 
>> you synced your source indexes?
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction as to why this is not 
>> working, or what diagnostics I could perform to help figure this out?
>>
>> Any help will be very much appreciated. Thank you.
>>
>> -- Clint
>>
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