Lost links to macPorts

[Mine]

Hi Ryan,

I have installed the latest version of macPorts.
"port upgrade" gave me a list of outdated ports, but "sudo port upgrade"
gave the following error:

Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not  
find Portfile in /Users/mycomputer").
Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
(you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
outdated or installed expands to no ports).

Not sure how to solve this error.

Thanks,

Terrence

On 23 Oct 2009, at 19:45, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:51, Mine wrote:
>
>> I recently had some problems with my system and had to reinstall it,
>> now it appears that I have lost links to macPorts. I first noticed a
>> problem when I opened Porticus and found that a lot of my ports were
>> outdated and I could not update them. I used Terminal to try and  
>> get a
>> list of port and got the following error:
>>
>> $ port list
>> can't find package macports
>>     while executing
>> "package require macports"
>>     (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 39)
>>
>> I searched for macPorts in the finder and found that there are  
>> macPorts
>> folder in opt/local/etc, opt/local/var, opt/local/share, etc., so  
>> I assume
>> macPorts is still installed. Is there a way to relink to macPorts.  
>> Alternatively,
>> if I install the latest version of macPorts will it over-write the  
>> current version?
>
> It sounds like you've lost the directory /Library/Tcl/macports1.0.
>
> I recommend you download the latest MacPorts disk image for your OS  
> from www.macports.org and install it. It will replace that  
> directory and update you to the latest, while not touching any  
> ports you have installed. Then you can "port outdated" and "sudo  
> port upgrade" things, or use Porticus, to get your ports upgraded.
>