On Nov 15, 2013, at 20:11, Alia Jemmali wrote:
> 
> Dear Macports suporter,
> I have Macbook Pro version 10.8.5 Mountain lion. so i have installed xcode ( 
> Version 5.0.2) and the command line tools for Mountain lion, then i 
> downloaded the dmg Macports, for Mountain lion, using The Mac OS X package 
> installer as it was suggested. After all the installation successfully done i 
> have opened the command line to see if it works by following the methods of 
> using Macports in their guide website and it doesn't work. For instance, i 
> typed sudo port selfupdate and it show a message as the following (PS: And i 
> can't enter my password i tried to enter it but it doesn't even wanted to 
> enter it (don't want to be typed) :
> 
> MacBook-Pro-de-MACBOOKPRO:~ macbookpro$ sudo port selfupdate
> 
> WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
> or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
> typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
> 
> To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
> 
> Password:

Everything seems to be working correctly. Type your password and press Return. 
Nothing will be displayed as you type. 


> Then i tried to type port list it show me this 
> 
> MacBook-Pro-de-MACBOOKPRO:~ macbookpro$ port list
> Warning: Can't open index file for source: 
> rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar
> Error: listing all ports failed: No index(es) found! Have you synced your 
> port definitions? Try running 'port selfupdate'.

You cannot run "port list" or other port commands until you've run "sudo port 
selfupdate". 
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