error installing DarwinPorts or MacPorts: no acceptable C compiler

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Dec 21, 2007, at 15:54, jwegelin wrote:

> Dear Macports Users:
>
> I am attempting to install MacPorts or DarwinPorts. When I follow  
> the directions at http://darwinports.com/download/ (after typing in  
> my email address), an error says "no acceptable C compiler."

The web site darwinports.com is not affiliated with the DarwinPorts/ 
MacPorts project. Please do not refer to that site for any  
information. It is a rogue web site not under our control and we  
cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information they provide. The  
web site for this project is http://www.macports.org/ . Installation  
instructions are here:

http://guide.macports.org/#installing


> My MacBook Pro was purchased circa July 2007 and runs Mac OS  
> 10.4.11. Do I have to purchase a C compiler before I can install  
> MacPorts or DarwinPorts? What C compiler should I purchase or  
> download?

You need Apple Xcode, which is free. For Mac OS X 10.4, the correct  
version of Xcode is 2.5. You can download it from http:// 
developer.apple.com/ . You need an Apple Developer Connection  
membership, but you can get a basic membership for free. An older  
version of Xcode may have been included on the DVD that came with  
your computer, but using older versions of Xcode is not recommended.


> Details:
>
> I downloaded DarwinPorts-1.5.0-10.4.dmg and doubleclicked it. This  
> brought up a dialog box which said it was installing MacPorts.   
> After several minutes the dialog box said it was finished.
>
> Then, following instructions at
>
> http://darwinports.com/download/?email=jwegelin%40vcu.edu&x=53&y=12
>
> I typed
>
> sudo port -d selfupdate
>
> which resulted in a lot of text scrolling past, ending with the  
> folowing error message:
>
>
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
>     while executing
> "macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]"
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: selfupdate failed: Error installing new  
> MacPorts base: shell command "cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/ 
> rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local  
> --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with- 
> tclpackage=/Library/Tcl && make && make install" returned error 1
> Command output: checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
> checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
> checking target system type... i686-apple-darwin8.11.1
> checking for sw_vers... sw_vers
> checking Mac OS X version... 10.4.11
> checking MacPorts version... 1.6.0
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cl.exe... no
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
>
> Inicidentally, the only reason I am trying to install this, is so  
> that I might install pine or alpine (email client) on my Mac. Would  
> MacPorts or DarwinPorts be an easy way to get pine (or preferably  
> alpine) installed properly on my Mac?

You can search for ports on the command line using "port search pine"  
or on our web site:

http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=pine

We seem to have a port for pine, but not alpine. A port can be added  
for alpine if that would be useful.


> Also, is MacPorts the same as DarwinPorts? The file I downloaded  
> was called DarwinPorts, but after I doublelicked it, the name  
> MacPorts started coming up.

MacPorts is the name of the project. It used to be called  
DarwinPorts, but due in part to the rogue darwinports.com web site  
and the fact that we want to target Mac OS X specifically, and no  
longer Darwin OS, the project's name was changed.