newbie question: .profile

[kakuda at engineering.ucsb.edu]

Hi David,

Yes, the file you found in /private/etc is the default and there is no
profile listed in your home directory.  I found it best to copy the default
into my home directory and then alter it accordingly (ie. call it .bashrc
or .bash_profile).  The profile in the home directory will append the one
in /private/etc (I believe).

To properly locate macports add the following line to your profile:
export PATH="$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin"

Hope that helps,

Cheers

On January 27, 12:56 pm "David Meili" <dmeili at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I only tried to install macports today and don't understand much in the
> mails i read here, so maybe I should first do some more reading, but any
> help would be appreciated a lot.
> 
> I have mac os x 10.4.11, installed xcode and macports, but i cannot
> find any .profile file.
> ls -a gives:
> .                               .openoffice.org2
> ..                              .recently-used
> .CFUserTextEncoding             .thumbnails
> .DS_Store                       Adobe SVG 3.0 Installer Log
> .Kanton ZH                      Applications
> .Trash                          Desktop
> .Xauthority                     Documents
> .bash_history                   Library
> .config                         Movies
> .dvdcss                         Music
> .fonts.cache-1                  Pictures
> .gimp-2.2                       Public
> .gnome2                         Registrierung senden
> .inkscape                       Sites
> .inkscape-etc                   test
> .macports
> env gives:
> TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
> TERM=xterm-color
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=133
> XRE_IMPORT_PROFILES=
> XRE_PROFILE_LOCAL_PATH=
> USER=fra
> XRE_START_OFFLINE=
> __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:3
> PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current

>  PWD=/Users/fra
> XRE_PROFILE_PATH=
> SHLVL=1
> HOME=/Users/fra
> LOGNAME=fra
> MOZ_LAUNCHED_CHILD=
> NO_EM_RESTART=
> XRE_BINARY_PATH=
> XUL_APP_FILE=
> SECURITYSESSIONID=80fc70
> _=/usr/bin/env
> 
> There is a profile file in /private/etc (but it has no dot in front),
> should i modify that one?
> Also, i don't understand this long PATH (
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current

>  )
> 
> David