Problem with macports install, any help greatly appreciated

[joseph davison]

One thing that might be useful is 
sudo install manopen

That will install a tool that lets you read "man[ual] pages" easily for the unix-y tools installed on your system.
Many programs (probably including gimp -- I haven't tried it) that come from the unix world are / were  documented using "man pages", and this lets you read them.

Once it's installed you can read the manpage for ports, for instance -- (although that may be like trying to drink from a firehose).   Still it shows you one way to find what other programs are available.  

On the other hand, the MacPorts Homepage is probably even more convenient

-- 
  joe
  joda at ieee.org

On Jun 12, 2010, at 12:19 PM, John Essam wrote:

> Thanks Ryan and everyone, very impressed with all the help, to be honest the best support I have ever come across with anything, free or paid for, spot on. I wish I could help other in the forum but you guys seem way above what I know. The gimp program seems to work fantastically, much better than with the OX install package on the gimp page, that's just my opinion. So basically anytime I want to install a freeware or shareware product I do it through Macports 	sudo port install (name of product). Is there other stuff I can do with Macports?
> 
> Kind regards john

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