Uninstall MacPorts with no password

[Paul Morgan]

Thanks for your replies, however, I confirm I was able to install MacPorts 
without a password. The install popped up a dialogue box asking for my 
account name and password. I just clicked OK (as I have no password), and 
MacPorts installed fine (note, I did not install using the Terminal).

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From: "Ryan Schmidt" <ryandesign at macports.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:15 AM
To: paulmorgan at farrellheyworth.co.uk
Subject: Re: Uninstall MacPorts with no password

On May 18, 2010, at 04:26, Paul Morgan wrote:

> I have snow leopard OS and wanted to install Python 2.5 so I can write 
code for Google App Engine.
> 
> I found that MacPorts is an easy way to install Python 2.5, so I 
installed MacPorts and installed Python 2.5 using it.
> 
> The install failed to complete and raised errors.
> 
> Digging around I found the errors are because Python 2.5 is already 
installed on Snow Leopard, so all I have done is corrupt my pre-exisitng 
installation.

MacPorts does not overwrite software installed by the system; it confines 
its activities, for the most part, to the /opt/local directory. So your 
existing Snow Leopard installation of Python 2.5 has not been corrupted or 
touched in any way by MacPorts.

> I now want to remove the files added by MacPorts and then uninstall 
MacPorts.
> 
> I am typing sudo port -f uninstall installed.
> 
> This asks me for a password to proceed.
> 
> I have no password. I have never been given a password by MacPorts and I 
do not have a password set up on my Mac.
> 
> However, when I click Return after being prompted for a password it says 
Sorry, try again.
> 
> Any clues? Help? Can I remove the software in any other way?

There is no MacPorts password; this is asking for your Mac user account 
password. If you do not have one, then you cannot use the sudo command [1] 
and consequently cannot uninstall MacPorts (nor, I imagine, install 
anything with it, for that matter). I just learned this a very short while 
ago in troubleshooting with another user. You must assign a password to 
your user account in System Preferences > Accounts. Then you can proceed to 
either use MacPorts or uninstall it.

[1] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4103


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