command not found

[Chris Jones]

On 02/09/16 15:05, Ignatios Athanasiadis wrote:
> The files, /opt/local and /opt/local/var/macports/software exist and when I run echo $PATH it includes the path /opt/local/bin.
> However, the file /opt/local/bin/port does not exist.
> Also when I used to run open whatever.pdf file a pdf file would open. Is this a macports related problem as well?

Unlikely, unless you where using a macports provided PDF viewer as your 
preferred application. What application used to start ? Preview ? If so, 
then this probably nothing to do with Macports, just another side affect 
of your failed file restoration.

One thing you could do is to check the messages in Console (start the 
Console application) to see if that gives any hint as to what is happening.

Chris


> I may sound silly, sorry for my ignorance.
>
>> On 2 Sep 2016, at 14:53, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sep 2, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Ignatios Athanasiadis <ignathanas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I tried to restore some files in my mac and they were restored unsuccesfully.
>>> Now whe I try to access macports I get a command like: command not found.
>>> Does this mean that I have lost all my ports?
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>
>> This doesn't necessarily mean that anything is gone. It could just mean that your PATH has been reset to its default value.
>>
>> Does /opt/local still exist? Does /opt/local/bin/port still exist? If so, proceed:
>>
>> What happens if you run:
>>
>> echo $PATH
>>
>> Does it include /opt/local/bin? If not, fix your PATH definition in your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile.
>>
>>
>> If you follow Chris' suggestion to re-run the MacPorts installer, it will automatically fix your PATH for you, if that was the problem. It will also reinstall /opt/local/bin/port and the other parts of MacPorts, without affecting any ports you had installed.
>>
>>
>> You can also check /opt/local/var/macports/software. That's where your installed ports are stored. If that directory exists and contains lots of stuff, then your ports are still installed.
>>
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