Where can I get help with MacPorts?
If you run into any problems installing and/or using MacPorts we also have many options to help you, depending on how you wish to get get in touch with us. Other important help resources are our online documentation, A.K.A The MacPorts Guide, and our Trac Wiki server & bug tracker.
How many ports are there in the MacPorts tree?
There are thousands of ports in our tree, distributed among different categories, and more are being added on a regular basis. For information on installing MacPorts please see the installation section of this site and explore the myriad of download options we provide and our base system requirements.
What do you need to know about MacPorts?
A MacPorts port is a set of specifications contained in a Portfile that defines an application, its characteristics, and any files or special instructions required to install it. This allows you to use a single command to tell MacPorts to automatically download, compile, and install applications and libraries.
How do I install MacPorts on my computer?
Double-click the downloaded package installer to perform the default “easy” install. After this step you are done already, MacPorts is now installed and your shell environment was set up automatically by the installer. To confirm the installation is working as expected, now try using port in a new terminal window.
How to delete a MacPorts group on Mac?
Mar 28 ’18 at 22:11 4 To delete the group you can run a similar command sudo dscl . -delete “/Groups/macports” – masam May 24 ’18 at 8:53 1 Refer here: linkMacPorts has an admin remove all the ports with a command which doesn’t completelyremove the installed Ports.
Why is MacPorts unable to activate port expat?
Unable to activate port expat. xmlwf is a part of the expat port (which is a dependency of many other ports, and thus is likely to be one of the first ports to ever get installed), but for some reason this file already exists on your computer, and MacPorts did not install it.
Is the MacPorts project an open source project?
The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac operating system.