Hi all was succesfully able to install macports using |$| *|cd /opt/mports/macports-base|* > |$| *|./configure --enable-readline|* > |$| *|make|* > |$| *|sudo make install|* > |$| *|make distclean|*
but right now problem is root@vishnupc:~# /opt/local/bin/port -v selfupdate ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync rsync: safe_read failed to read 1 bytes [Receiver]: Connection reset by peer (104) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(276) [Receiver=3.1.1] Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzvl --delete-after rsync:// rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs Exit code: 1 what to do now? On 24 April 2018 at 22:14, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote: > On 2018-4-25 02:36 , Vishnu wrote: > > I tried using these > > > > 1. > > > > *|mkdir -p /opt/mports|* > > |$| *|cd /opt/mports|* > > |$| *|git clone https://github.com/macports/macports-base.git|* > > |$| *|git checkout v2.4.3 # skip this if you want to use the > development > > version|* > > > > 2. > > > > Build and Install MacPorts > > > > MacPorts uses autoconf and makefiles for installation. These > > commands will build and install MacPorts to |/opt/local|. You can > > add |--prefix| to |./configure| to relocate MacPorts to another > > directory if needed. > > > > |$| *|cd /opt/mports/macports-base|* > > |$| *|./configure --enable-readline|* > > |$| *|make|* > > |$| *|sudo make install|* > > |$| *|make distclean|* > > > > while trying to configure i am getting : configure: error: mtree not > > found. > > > > How to proceed? > > > > I think i need to install additional files. > > Can someone help? > > See the list of prerequisites at > <https://www.macports.org/install.php#other>. > > Look up which package provides mtree on your distro and install it. The > executable is sometimes called 'fmtree' on Linux, so you may need to set > MTREE=fmtree (or whatever it's actually called) when running configure. > > - Josh >
