Can't find port "atlas"

Scott Webster sewebster at gmail.com
Mon Oct 3 23:23:50 PDT 2011


Sure, but I did not update macports tonight.  I already had 2.0.3...

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> On Oct 3, 2011, at 22:44, Scott Webster wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Olivier Delalleau wrote:
>>> 2011/10/3 Frank Schima wrote:
>>>> On Oct 3, 2011, at 8:48 PM, Olivier Delalleau wrote:
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>>>>> Sorry, new to MacPorts, I feel like this must be a stupid question, but I
>>>>> can't figure out why when I try "sudo port install atlas", it says:
>>>>> Error: Port atlas not found
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>>>> You need to run selfupdate again, note that I always use sudo but I'm not
>>>> sure thats necessary anymore. Also check for errors when you run it.
>>>
>>> Woohoo, it's here after another "sudo port selfupdate". Thanks a lot! :)
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>> yup, it's back.  must have been a temporary glitch.
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> If "selfupdate" updates your MacPorts base, you must run "selfupdate" a second time to properly index the ports. If you're updating from MacPorts 2.0.2 or later, it'll tell you to run "selfupdate" again if it's necessary; if you update from an earlier version, you just have to know to selfupdate a second time.
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> Yes, you need to use "sudo" when selfupdating, assuming your MacPorts is installed as root (which it is unless you compiled from source and specified a different user).
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