FAQ for new users/busted installs

[markd at macports.org]

Charles White <chuck at chuckandmaggi.com> on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 5:25
PM -0800 wrote:
>As one of the former fink users, I'll be happy to see your FAQ  
>additions. I tried to install MacPorts before I blew away /sw and  
>edited .profile. Since then, I've un-installed and re-installed  
>MacPorts a couple of times with the same result (appended below).  
>Help would be appreciated.
>
>Chuck
>
>Welcome to Darwin!
>charles-whites-computer:~ chuck$ sudo port selfupdate
>Password:
>can't find package Pextlib 1.0
>     while executing
>"package_native require Pextlib 1.0"
>     ("eval" body line 1)
>     invoked from within
>"eval package_native $args"
>     (procedure "package" line 14)
>     invoked from within
>"package require Pextlib 1.0"
>     (procedure "dportinit" line 315)
>     invoked from within
>"dportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
>Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize ports system, can't  
>find package Pextlib 1.0
>  charles-whites-computer:~ chuck$ env
>TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
>TERM=xterm-color
>SHELL=/bin/bash
>TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=133
>USER=chuck
>__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
>PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
>PWD=/Users/chuck
>SHLVL=1
>HOME=/Users/chuck
>LOGNAME=chuck
>DISPLAY=:0.0
>SECURITYSESSIONID=514510
>_=/usr/bin/env

Once you've removed the fink stuff from your .profile, as you have, I
would think this problem must be unrelated to a former Fink install.  Do
you have a manual install of Tcl/tk?

http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/10682

Mark

Mark