Can't get MacPorts to work after the install

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 2, 2010, at 06:19, Yves S. Garret wrote:

> I downloaded the source.  I configured it and compiled it.
> 
> % ./configure && make
> 
> Then the install...
> 
> % sudo make install
> 
> Everything was as it should, then I modified the .zsh_profile file in order to insert to modify the PATH and it looks as it does below:
> 
> #!/bin/zsh
> 
> if [ -e ~/.zshrc ]; then
> source ~/.zshrc
> fi
> 
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
> export PATH=/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
> 
> I start up a new shell and try running it:
> 
> % sudo port -v selfupdate
> sudo: port: command not found
> 
> Didn't work. So I went back to here and downloaded the dmg file. I install it just like the installer orders me to. No indication whatsoever that the install somehow has not gone as it should.
> 
> Now, here's what happens when I try to run MacPorts on the console:
> 
> % sudo port -v selfupdate
> Password:
> sudo: port: command not found
> 
> :-/
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

I'm not familiar with ZSH. I've used Bash for years, and TCSH before that. Verify that you're using the correct syntax for ZSH for modifying the PATH.

Verify also that /opt/local/bin/port does in fact exist.