New user, port selfupdate error

[Frank Schima]

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What is the output of the following?

	which make


Cheers!
Frank

On Mar 19, 2010, at 4:15 PM, tome at QX.Net wrote:

> 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
> 
> -----------------------------
> 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"
> 
> ------------------------------
> Any help will be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Best regards,
> Tom
> 
> The following is the partial selfupdate terminal output: 
> .
> .
> .
> 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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