port not installing

[M P]

Do you think cleaning up directories like below will help?

$ *sudo port -fp uninstall installed*

followed by

$ *sudo rm -rf \
        /opt/local \
        /Applications/DarwinPorts \
        /Applications/MacPorts \
        /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.* \
        /Library/Receipts/DarwinPorts*.pkg \
        /Library/Receipts/MacPorts*.pkg \
        /Library/StartupItems/DarwinPortsStartup \
        /Library/Tcl/darwinports1.0 \
        /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 \ *

*        ~/.macports*

On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 1:03 PM Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
wrote:

>
>
> On Oct 14, 2018, at 12:09, M P wrote:
>
> > Yes, I did
> > sudo tar xvf /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports.tar
> > in
> > /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/tmp
> >
> > and went fine
> >
> > the listing is attached
> >
> > but still
> >
> > sudo port install nco
> >
> > Error: Port nco not found
>
> Right, you won't be able to install ports until you have a ports tree and
> a portindex.
>
> I'm sorry, I don't know why MacPorts isn't able to untar the ports tree
> for you.
>
> You could manually untar the ports tree in the correct directory and then
> manually generate the portindex there:
>
> cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/
> rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs
> sudo rm -rf ports
> sudo tar xf ports.tar
> cd ports
> sudo portindex
>
> But that would only be a one-time fix; the problem would happen again
> anytime you sync and you would have to repeat those steps.
>
>
> Or you could configure MacPorts (sources.conf) to use a source other than
> the rsync tarball. For example, you could fetch the ports tree from our
> GitHub repository. Since I don't know why you're running into problems with
> the rsync tarball, I can't predict whether you'll run into problems with
> other methods.
>
>
>
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