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

[Joshua Root]

Mark Hattam wrote:
> 
> 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.

When I see a site that does that, I ask its owner to correct it. If
everyone does the same, maybe we can reduce our dear leech's influence.

- Josh