Remove PPC macports from Intel Mac

[Frank Schima]

On Oct 8, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Mark Johnson wrote:

> Recently my old PPC PowerBook was replaced by a new Intel MacBook. Our IY department copied everything from the old machine to the new one.
> 
> Now I find that none of the ports work and they are interfering with installation of new software.
> 
> How can I get rid of the old MacPorts or replace it with one compatible with my new machine?
> 
> I can't run sudo port -f uninstall installed because the port command does not work.

Just uninstall the old Macports using the guide [1]. Then reinstall the latest version [2] and start over. 


Cheers!
Frank

[1] <http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.uninstalling.html>
[2] <http://www.macports.org/install.php>