Re: The scala port install did not perform the port select command or I missed it

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Hi Saj;

  Thank you. I did look at the manual and I did do "port select help" but I
got confused...

  I'm used to symlinks where the idea basically is: "ln -s <what_exists>
<symbolic_link_name>", which is not quite the same as the "port select"
syntax...

  This did work fine: sudo port select --set scala scala3.4

Thanks,
Ken

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM Saj Goonatilleke <s...@redu.cx> wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Sep 2025, at 13:17, Kenneth Wolcott wrote:
> > The scala port install process did not perform the port select command
> or I missed it
> >
> > scalac and scala are not found;
> >
> > But /opt/local/bin/scalac-3.4 exists and /opt/local/bin/scala-3.4 exists;
> >
> > What is the correct syntax for me to use "port select ..." so that
> scalac and scala point to /opt/local/bin/scalac-3.4 and
> /opt/local/bin/scala-3.4 (respectively)?
>
> probably
> port select --set scala scala3.4
>
> if that does not work, try
> port select --list scala
>
> All of this is documented in the manual.  Type 'man port' and scroll down
> to the paragraph that talks about the select action.
>