Re: .profile file possible corrupted?

2011-08-01 Thread Kevin Walzer
On 8/1/11 9:39 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: MacPorts is not a program that would appear in the Applications folder. It is a command ("port") that you run on the command line in the Terminal. Separately, there are GUI MacPorts interfaces that could appear in the Applications folder, if you would pre

Re: MacPorts is hijacking account on MacOSXServer

2011-08-01 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:50, kevin beckford wrote: >> I am not familiar with "mobile accounts". >> > > You should familiarize yourself with the operating system you are > tasked with writing software on in that case. Or, say "We did not > bother to do our homework, don't use our stuff." You said

Re: Python frameworks

2011-08-01 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Aug 1, 2011, at 18:15, mark brethen wrote: > On Aug 1, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > >> On Jul 30, 2011, at 12:00 AM, mark brethen wrote: >>> >>> I'm confused how the python frameworks work. For instance, I should be able >>> to type 'pylint script.py' in a command window, but

Re: .profile file possible corrupted?

2011-08-01 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Aug 1, 2011, at 11:27, james collins wrote: > I have been trying to install macports for awhile now. I originally installed > it to use recoll, which is a search utility I believe. Maybe I could ask some > general questions about macports. > > I originally downloaded the macports dmg file an

Re: Python frameworks

2011-08-01 Thread mark brethen
I did some digging in the spyder script that checks for the existence of pylint. It looks to me that spyder checks for the binary in the User's path. This will return false since a symbolic-link to pylint, named 'pylint-2.7' is installed in '/opt/local/bin'; pylint being installed into '/opt/lo

Re: MacPorts is hijacking account on MacOSXServer

2011-08-01 Thread David L Ballenger
Okay, that worked. I deleted the previously created macports user and group and did a Subversion install. This time the user's UniqueID was the first unused ID above 500 instead of above the highest in-use UniqueID. On my laptop that is an Open Directory network/mobile account with a Unique

Re: .profile file possible corrupted?

2011-08-01 Thread David Corking
james collins said: > does macports come with snow leopard? (1) No. Macports is a voluntary project, completely independent of Apple. > when I went into terminal some how my computer started downloading all this > software. Which surprised me > because originally I just wanted recoll. Like one

Re: Python frameworks

2011-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Luke
On Jul 30, 2011, at 12:00 AM, mark brethen wrote: > > I'm confused how the python frameworks work. For instance, I should be able > to type 'pylint script.py' in a command window, but the command isn't found. > So I looked in /opt/local/bin and found 'pylint-2.7' which is a symbolic link > to '

.profile file possible corrupted?

2011-08-01 Thread james collins
Hello, I have been trying to install macports for awhile now. I originally installed it to use recoll, which is a search utility I believe. Maybe I could ask some general questions about macports. I originally downloaded the macports dmg file and used the installer to install it on my hard dri

Re: Installing recoll on mac os x

2011-08-01 Thread james collins
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:29, james collins wrote: > >> If I type: >> >> sudo port install selfupdate I get an error, first my computer says: >> >> > Updating the ports tree >> >> Then it hangs on that for a little wh