Trouble getting Portfiles and updating my system after "successful installation"

[Patrick Hinkle]

I installed MacPorts successfully and got the following Terminal statement:

Congratulations, you have successfully installed the MacPorts system. To
get the Portfiles and update the system, add /opt/local/bin to your PATH
and run:


sudo port -v selfupdate


I have tried many Terminal commands using the PATH environment variable
like:

PATH=$PATH:~/opt/local/bin

which gives me the following error:

Bad : modifier in $ (~).

and many other similar forms of error.

It is only the first step mentioned above that I can't quite figure out -
to get the Portfiles.

I should also mention that I have downloaded MacPorts before a few years
ago. If this is what's causing me to not get these Portfiles I would
appreciate any information on how to deal with this problem.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Patrick
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