Follow up re: Installation issues, Leopard Quad G5, 1.6.0 DMG

[Alex Zavatone]

On Mar 11, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Adrian Nier wrote:

> Hello Alex,
>
> you need to create a missing file or give the full path to the port  
> executable. The latter solution means that you have to enter the  
> following on the command line:
>
> sudo /opt/local/bin/port -d selfupdate

Ok, I rebooted and that worked.  Cool.

> The better solution is to create a file called '.profile' in your  
> home directory. In this file you specify additional directories that  
> are to be scanned for executables and manual entries. The MacPorts  
> installation fails to create this file, so you have to create it  
> manually.

Awesome.  Works like a charm on my other mac.  Why doesn't the .DMG  
installer do this?

No "non compiler friendly" user is going to be able to get up and  
running without this information.

Thanks,
- Alex Zavatone