Change some wording on MacPorts install page...?

Christian Bonanno christianbonanno at mac.com
Tue Apr 10 10:14:29 PDT 2007


I think it would be helpful to change something on Part 5 of the  
macports install page:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts

It says:

Open a terminal window.
Execute the MacPorts selfupdate command.
port selfupdate
or for verbose output:
port -d selfupdate


Adding "sudo" would help us newbies and make it a pleasurable  
experience:

Open a terminal window.
Execute the MacPorts selfupdate command.
sudo port selfupdate
or for verbose output:
sudo port -d selfupdate


Without the "sudo" one gets:
rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/devel/subversion- 
javahlbindings/.Portfile.oow5Yw" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/python/py- 
fpconst/.Portfile.16crKY" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: mkstemp "/opt/local/var/db/dports/sources/ 
rsync.rsync.darwinports.org_dpupdate_dports/python/py25-mx- 
experimental/.Portfile.8Cp6g4" failed: Permission denied (13)


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