Lost links to macPorts

[Mine-3]

Hi, 

I recently had some problems with my system and had to reinstall it, 

now it appears that I have lost links to macPorts. I first noticed a

problem when I opened Porticus and found that a lot of my ports were

outdated and I could not update them. I used Terminal to try and get a

list of port and got the following error:

$ port list

can't find package macports

    while executing

"package require macports"

    (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 39)

I searched for macPorts in the finder and found that there are macPorts

folder in opt/local/etc, opt/local/var, opt/local/share, etc., so I assume

macPorts is still installed. Is there a way to relink to macPorts. Alternatively,

if I install the latest version of macPorts will it over-write the current version?

Thanks,

Terrence

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[Ryan Schmidt-24]

On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:51, Mine wrote:

> I recently had some problems with my system and had to reinstall it,
> now it appears that I have lost links to macPorts. I first noticed a
> problem when I opened Porticus and found that a lot of my ports were
> outdated and I could not update them. I used Terminal to try and get a
> list of port and got the following error:
>
> $ port list
> can't find package macports
>     while executing
> "package require macports"
>     (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 39)
>
> I searched for macPorts in the finder and found that there are  
> macPorts
> folder in opt/local/etc, opt/local/var, opt/local/share, etc., so I  
> assume
> macPorts is still installed. Is there a way to relink to macPorts.  
> Alternatively,
> if I install the latest version of macPorts will it over-write the  
> current version?

It sounds like you've lost the directory /Library/Tcl/macports1.0.

I recommend you download the latest MacPorts disk image for your OS  
from www.macports.org and install it. It will replace that directory  
and update you to the latest, while not touching any ports you have  
installed. Then you can "port outdated" and "sudo port upgrade"  
things, or use Porticus, to get your ports upgraded.

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[Mine-3]

Hi Ryan,

I have installed the latest version of macPorts.
"port upgrade" gave me a list of outdated ports, but "sudo port upgrade"
gave the following error:

Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not  
find Portfile in /Users/mycomputer").
Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
(you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
outdated or installed expands to no ports).

Not sure how to solve this error.

Thanks,

Terrence

On 23 Oct 2009, at 19:45, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:51, Mine wrote:
>
>> I recently had some problems with my system and had to reinstall it,
>> now it appears that I have lost links to macPorts. I first noticed a
>> problem when I opened Porticus and found that a lot of my ports were
>> outdated and I could not update them. I used Terminal to try and  
>> get a
>> list of port and got the following error:
>>
>> $ port list
>> can't find package macports
>>     while executing
>> "package require macports"
>>     (file "/opt/local/bin/port" line 39)
>>
>> I searched for macPorts in the finder and found that there are  
>> macPorts
>> folder in opt/local/etc, opt/local/var, opt/local/share, etc., so  
>> I assume
>> macPorts is still installed. Is there a way to relink to macPorts.  
>> Alternatively,
>> if I install the latest version of macPorts will it over-write the  
>> current version?
>
> It sounds like you've lost the directory /Library/Tcl/macports1.0.
>
> I recommend you download the latest MacPorts disk image for your OS  
> from www.macports.org and install it. It will replace that  
> directory and update you to the latest, while not touching any  
> ports you have installed. Then you can "port outdated" and "sudo  
> port upgrade" things, or use Porticus, to get your ports upgraded.
>

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[Ryan Schmidt-24]

On Oct 23, 2009, at 14:22, Mine wrote:

> I have installed the latest version of macPorts.
> "port upgrade" gave me a list of outdated ports, but "sudo port  
> upgrade"
> gave the following error:
>
> Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not  
> find Portfile in /Users/mycomputer").
> Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
> To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
> (you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
> outdated or installed expands to no ports).
>
> Not sure how to solve this error.

You didn't tell it what port to upgrade. Use e.g. "sudo port upgrade  
zlib" to upgrade zlib. Or if you're sure you want to upgrade  
everything, you can try "sudo port upgrade outdated" to upgrade all  
outdated ports.



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