"port: command not found" after installing MacPorts-1.6.0-10.5-Leopard.dmg

[Kok-Yong Tan]

On Feb 9, 2008, at 02:10, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Feb 8, 2008, at 23:02, Esteban Barahona wrote:
>
>> El feb 8, 2551 BE, a las 00:00, Ryan Schmidt escribió:
>>
>>> On Feb 7, 2008, at 21:23, Esteban Barahona wrote:
>>>
>>>> Asunto: "port: command not found" after installing  
>>>> MacPorts-1.6.0-10.5-Leopard.dmg
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded the latest package to install macports; but the  
>>>> "port command" doesn't work.
>>>> I read the guide up to 2.4. MacPorts and the Shell (at http:// 
>>>> guide.macports.org)
>>>>
>>>> after disabling "invisible files" and searching for the .profile  
>>>> file, it did not appear...
>>>> This seems like quite a basic problem… but I cann't continue  
>>>> with testing ports.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe what's left is to configure the terminal so that it can  
>>>> accept the "port command"?
>>>
>>> MacPorts installer is supposed to configure this for you, but  
>>> because of a bug in 1.6.0, this does not happen. This will be  
>>> fixed in 1.6.1. You will have to set up your .profile yourself.  
>>> Since you don't have a .profile, create an empty file, then  
>>> follow the instructions in the guide:
>>>
>>> http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell
>>>
>>> You will need to set the PATH variable. If running Mac OS X 10.4  
>>> or earlier, you should also set the DISPLAY variable. If after  
>>> opening a new Terminal window, "man port" does not work, you  
>>> should also add the MANPATH variable.
>>
>> thanks, but it didn't work, maybe it was because I made an empty  
>> file .profile... where can I download manually this file? ...I  
>> will wait for the 1.6.1 installer or try it from source (an  
>> oportunity to learn more I guess...). For when is this update planed?
>
> .profile is a place for you to customize your shell. It's fine to  
> start from any empty file, if you have no other customizations you  
> want to make.
>
> If you have a .bash_profile, that gets used instead of .profile so  
> you should modify .bash_profile instead. If you have neither, you  
> can create either and modify it.
>
>
> It should contain a line like this:
>
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
>
>
> I'm on Tiger, so my .bash_profile also contains this line:
>
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
>
> If you're on Leopard, do not add that line; DISPLAY is already set  
> up for you by the operating system.
>
>
> Add this line only if "man port" does not show you the port manpage:
>
> export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH
>
>
> Note that after changing your .bash_profile you need to open a new  
> Terminal window. Any Terminal windows already open won't inherit  
> the changes.


Not by itself.  But if you want any already open Terminal window to  
inherit the changes, just enter this at the command prompt:

. .bash_profile

It'll suck in the contents of .bash_profile (or any other similar  
file).  Hope this helps.
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