How to access port programmes (such as chkrootkit or clamav)

[pensevicke@…]

I have macports installed on El Capitan but port and sudo port commands to try to activate a macports installed programme only produces an error such as:

Error: Unrecognized action "port clam"
Error: org.macports.load for port clamav returned: Launchd plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.clamav.plist was not found

So I don't know how to use macports programmes. Sudo port self-update works and other port commands but I can't access anything in it, any of the programmes that macport has installed to run and use them. I've looked long and hard for answers on the net but can't find anything.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Based on the error message, it sounds like you tried to run port clam. That's not a valid MacPorts command.

It also looks like you tried to run sudo port load clamav. Instead, you should install the clamav-server port and then follow the instructions in the notes it prints, or review those notes at any time by running port notes clamav-server.

In the general case, you can find out what files a port has installed by running port contents followed by the port name, for example port contents chkrootkit.

If you need further help using MacPorts, please write to the macports-users mailing list, rather than writing in the issue tracker. The issue tracker is for bug reports and feature requests.