problem with the use of macports os x lion

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Oct 17, 2011, at 8:11 AM, François Laenen wrote:
> I'm feeling a bit desperate since I updated for Mac Os X Lion 10.7, just because the extraction process, the "tar" command, does not work anymore because it's a powerpc command!

That is strange. IIRC macports won't use a tar command it installs, and 10.7 should have installed a useable tar command.

> And this applies also with macports: when I install it from the dmg disk, the one for Lion, it says at the end of the installation that the tar command couldn't launch!
> Hopefully, I can download the source, extract it with another utility, then install macports with source, this seems to work. 

You can install from the installer (as the Migration instructions recommend https://trac.macports.org/wiki/Migration)

> But I can't install any port or performing a "selfupdate":
> 
> When I try to install a port, the problem is:
> 
> Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command failed (see log for details)
> 
> When I try to selfupdate with sudo port -v selfupdate , the problem is: 
> 
> Launch of "tar" failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported.
> 
> I've got the latest version of Xcode and macports, this is not the problem.
> 
> Can you help me with this issue?


We probably need to see the full output of the command (with that -v flag) in order to help.

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