Follow on to earlier installation question--now trying to install jam

[Mark Hattam]

On 10 Dec 2008, at 20:20, Daniel J. Luke wrote:

> On Dec 10, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Stephen Wiggins wrote:
>> Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and  
>> while online, type the following and hit return:
>> % cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/jam
>>
>> %  sudo port install jam
>> Password:
>
> These instructions appear to come from the website that must not be  
> named (its existence is one of the reasons why the name was changed  
> to MacPorts).
>
> You probably need to run
>
> sudo port selfupdate
>
> followed by
>
> sudo port install jam
>
> Although if your firewall blocks your connection to the MacPorts  
> rsync server, this will not work, and you'll need to refer to our FAQ:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#WhatdoIdoifportselfupdatedoesntworkortheRsyncserverrefusesconnections
>
> --
> Daniel J. Luke


But *many* software sites link to the "nameless" site for instructions  
& method on how to install their software on MacOSX rather than  
linking to MacPorts.

Mark