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Ticket #35747 (closed defect: invalid)

Opened 9 months ago

Last modified 9 months ago

I have no Idea what I am doing, I entered $sudo port -v selfupdate

Reported by: iglified@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.1.2
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

I entered: $sudo port -v selfupdate in my terminal, and I got the error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: can't create directory "/opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/tmp": permission denied

I just want to install koffice, and I don't know anything about computer programing, could you please explain what I should do next? Please tell me in as simple terms as possible

Change History

comment:1 Changed 9 months ago by ryandesign@…

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Priority changed from High to Normal
  • Resolution set to invalid

The issue tracker is for bug reports and feature requests, not for technical support. For questions about how to use MacPorts, please write to the macports-users mailing list. It sounds like the permissions on some of your directories may be wrong, and may need to be corrected.

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