> I just upgraded my MacBook to Catalina 10.15.7 from 10.14.6 and I installed 
> the latest Xcode 12.1. I started Xcode and agreed for it to install required 
> components. When I tried to run ?xcode-select ?install? it asked me to agree 
> to the license for the command-line tools and tried to install but then said 
> ?Can?t install the software because it is not currently available from the 
> Software Update server.? I went to the Software Update control panel and it 
> said that it had an update for my command-line tools, and I told it to go 
> ahead and update them. After a while, it said that the command-line tools are 
> no longer required or something like that.
> 
> I decided to go ahead and try to install MacPorts with the Catalina MacPorts 
> installer and it showed me the license, asked about the installation type and 
> destination, but then when it got to the install step it says ?Waiting for 
> other installations to complete?. I don?t think I have any other 
> installations still going on. Wait, after twenty minutes, it now says it is 
> ?running package scripts? and then finished. I guess it was installing 
> something after all.
> 
> Maybe the Xcode installation instructions need an update for Catalina

Eric I know that 'me tooo' posts are a pain but at least this will give you 
confidance. I did for my laptop and for a VM to play with mythtv.

Clean Install of catelina
Clean install of xcode
Clean install of macports

I don't recall where, maybe on license accept, but certainly following the 
wiki, command line tools were installed.
Macports just works

James

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