Permission Denied with source installation

Arno Hautala arno at alum.wpi.edu
Mon Jan 2 19:23:16 PST 2012


On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 20:42, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> You've installed MacPorts into your home directory, but are still using the "macports" user, which does not have permission to access things in your home directory. Either configure MacPorts to use a different user (for example your user), or (not recommended) give the "macports" user permission to read your home directory.

Yep, while not there yet, I was starting to understand the permissions
problem. For now I've simply added a repository to my standard MP
install.

Thanks for the clarification.

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