Installation Problem: "run postflight script for MacPorts-1.6.0"

[Joshua Root]

William Davis wrote:
> 
> On Dec 10, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Stephen Wiggins wrote:
> 
>> My installation failed with the following message:
>>
>> The following install step failed: run postflight script for
>> MacPorts-1.6.0. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would be grateful for any help.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
> 
> Joshua Root just answered this same question for some one else. He wrote:
> MacPorts is installed into /opt/local, so to use the port command, you
> need to have /opt/local/bin in your PATH. See
> <http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell>.
> 
> The installer for MacPorts 1.7 will do this for you more reliably.

Actually, this message usually results from the initial 'port
selfupdate' failing. This can happen if you don't have Internet
connectivity, or if rsync is blocked.

If you can run 'sudo port selfupdate' manually afterwards and it
succeeds, everything should be fine.

- Josh