[ale] OT: Mac OS X Leopard and MacPorts

[Sean McNealy]

I had some trouble with macports after the upgrade from Tiger to
Leopard.  Turns out the upgrade removes XCode as part of the install
process, which includes your Mac C compiler and other very important
tools.  After downloading that again (free with a free ADC login) and
running a 'sudo port selfupdate', things started working again.

Also of note is that it archives your entire /usr directory so if
you're missing anything from there check '/Previous Systems'.

-Sean

On Jan 7, 2008 12:23 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

> I haven't upgraded to 10.5 yet; I'm waiting for the new MacBook Pros
> to be released. I've been following the Macports user mailing list for
> a while, though. I think it's really hit or miss as to what works and
> what doesn't. I believe a majority of it works, but there are a few
> random packages, and dependencies, that are either in flux or
> out-of-date with a slow, or missing, maintainer. If it is a particular
> package, you might try asking about it on the Macports user mailing
> list.
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 4:12 PM, Chris <behrnetworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know this isn't exactly Linux-related, but is anyone successfully
> using
> > MacPorts with Leopard?
> > I can't seem to build anything! I'm running 10.5.1, fully patched and up
> to
> > date with MacPorts 1.6.0 and the
> >  developer's tools off the install DVD. Anything I try to build errors
> out
> > for some reason or another. Any advice
> > would greatly be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris
>
>
>
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