Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of InstallingMacPorts

Timestamp:

02/25/07 13:25:10 (6 years ago)

Author:

markd@…

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InstallingMacPorts

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  * To understand why MacPorts libraries are often installed when Apple has provided one, see section "Why is MacPorts using its own libraries?" in the [wiki:FAQ].
  * Changes to ~/.profile do not take effect on the current shell session — they take effect on new sessions so open a new shell session and type 'env' to see the path and variable changes.
- * Other profile files may conflict with ~/.profile and should be removed, so remove any occurrances of these files:
+ * Other profile files may take precedence over ~/.profile.  If you are using one of the following profile files in your home directory, you will need to merge the contents of it into ~./profile, or vice versa because the shell will ignore one of them:
     * ''~/.bash_login''
     * ''~/.bash_profile''
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 = 4. Install MacPorts using a .dmg disk image =
- 1. Download the latest MacPorts (or DarwinPorts) .dmg disk image you find in the [http://svn.macosforge.org/repository/macports/downloads/ MacPorts download area].
+ 1. Download the latest MacPorts (or DarwinPorts) .dmg disk image, currently  [http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/DarwinPorts-1.3.1/ 1.3.1].
  2. Run the binary installer.
  3. Perform the default “easy” install.
 
-= 5. Run 'port selfupdate' to get the latest portfiles =
+= 5. Run 'port selfupdate' to update MacPorts to the latest available point release and download the latest portfiles =
  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Execute the MacPorts {{{selfupdate}}} command.