sudo: port: command not found after updating .bash_profile

Question

I am trying to install MacPorts on my OS 10.5.8. I followed the instructions for the installation of the MacPorts-2.1.3.tar.bz2 package, and after adding the following lines to my .bash_profile :

PATH=$PATH:opt/local/bin
export PATH

PATH=$PATH:opt/local/sbin
export PATH

I still got the following error when I tried to execute the the sudo port -v selfupdate command:

sudo: port: command not found

After investigating a similar post about the same error, I still am confused. Is it because I have my new path statements in the my .bash_profile and not in .profile or is it also because I forget the MANPATH environment variable?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

You are missing a leading backslash: /opt/local - not opt/local

The automated annotations from a MacPorts install always prepended the following directories for me: export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH , in .profile .

ie, the port binaries should take precedence over the system, or whatever else you have in your current PATH .