.profile not installed; 'ports' command not found

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 27, 2008, at 14:14, James E Keenan wrote:

> Today I attempted to install Macports on an iBook G4 running MAC OS X
> 10.4 (Tiger).  I followed the instructions at http://
> guide.macports.org/#installing.  I met the prerequisites:    X11,
> Xcode Tools.  I downloaded the installer for MacPorts-1.6.0-10.4-
> Tiger.dmg and double-clicked for a default installation.
>
> The installer proceeded normally, including running the installation
> script, and concluded by stating that the software had been installed.
>
> I then went to the section in the docs  concerning MacPorts and the
> shell (http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell).  Checking my
> home directory, I noted that no .profile file had been created
> there.  Furthermore, when, following the guide, I called 'sudo port
> selfupdate', I was told, "sudo: port: command not found".
>
> I repeated all of the above, with no better results.  Can anyone
> diagnose?

There is a bug in MacPorts 1.6.0 which prevents the .profile from  
being created. You'll have to create it yourself. The bug has been  
fixed in trunk but we haven't released a new version of MacPorts  
since then.