Change the installation directory

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 8, 2012, at 06:21, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Apr 8, 2012, at 06:05, Michael Parchet wrote:
> 
>> is it possible to change the package installation directory (for example via an option of port installation --option ?)
> 
> You mean change /opt/local to something else? You can only change that at the time that you install MacPorts, before you've installed any ports. Here are the instructions:
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/InstallingMacPorts#InstallMacPortsfromsourcetoanypathexceptusrlocal

Actually these look like more comprehensive instructions:

http://www.macports.org/install.php#source