New user, port selfupdate error

[tome at QX.Net]

Hello,

I am attempting to use macports for the first time.  I am not a computer science person, but do have limited experience with gcc and configure/make 
installations.  I installed macports 1.7 from a disk image, with a successful completion message.  I then tried the second step of

% sudo port -v selfupdate

receiving the error shown in the below partial terminal output.

My system is Mac PowerPC 750 ( pismo ) running OS X 10.4.11.
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0
Xcode 2.5
gcc 4.0.1
GNU make 3.81

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I have also tried the following, with the current port version 1.7, and received the indicated Error:

% cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/faac
% sudo port install faac
Password:
Error: Unable to execute port: invalid command name "livecheck.type"

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Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,
Tom

The following is the partial selfupdate terminal output: 
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/programs/daemondo/Makefile
config.status: creating Doxyfile
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating Mk/macports.autoconf.mk
config.status: creating doc/prefix.mtree
config.status: creating doc/macosx.mtree
config.status: creating doc/macports.conf
config.status: creating portmgr/freebsd/Makefile
config.status: creating portmgr/fedora/macports.spec
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl
config.status: creating src/port1.0/port_autoconf.tcl
config.status: creating src/registry1.0/registry_autoconf.tcl
config.status: creating src/programs/Makefile
config.status: creating src/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl
config.status: creating setupenv.bash
config.status: creating src/pkg_mkindex.sh
config.status: creating src/config.h
sh: line 1: make: command not found
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command "cd 
/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl --with-
install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-directory-mode=0755 && make && make install" returned error 127
Command output: checking for Tcl public headers... /usr/include
checking for tclsh... /usr/bin/tclsh
checking for Tcl package directory... /Library/Tcl
checking whether tclsh was compiled with threads... yes
checking for curl-config... /usr/bin/curl-config
checking for Tcl Thread package... yes
checking for sqlite3_open in -lsqlite3... yes
checking for Tcl sqlite3 location... /usr/lib/sqlite3
checking how to build libraries... shared
checking that any existing MacPorts install can be upgraded... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/programs/daemondo/Makefile
config.status: creating Doxyfile
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating Mk/macports.autoconf.mk
config.status: creating doc/prefix.mtree
config.status: creating doc/macosx.mtree
config.status: creating doc/macports.conf
config.status: creating portmgr/freebsd/Makefile
config.status: creating portmgr/fedora/macports.spec
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl
config.status: creating src/port1.0/port_autoconf.tcl
config.status: creating src/registry1.0/registry_autoconf.tcl
config.status: creating src/programs/Makefile
config.status: creating src/macports1.0/macports_fastload.tcl
config.status: creating setupenv.bash
config.status: creating src/pkg_mkindex.sh
config.status: creating src/config.h
sh: line 1: make: command not found

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