Hey Jean-Denis! I think you may not have seen my most recent post : D I used the link you sent me (i think it was yours) that explained that the local .bash_login could be overriding my .profile. I copied the contents of .profile into my .bash_login and now my port command works just fine!
I also figured out that my $PATH was missing the / from $PATH=/usr/... I had $PATH=usr/... which was causing my sqlite3 --version command to check the global install of sqlite3 at usr/bin instead of the usr/loca/bin. once i added the slash it all worked great! thanks for all your help! Jean-Denis Muys-2 wrote: > > > On 3/19/09 11:29 PM, "erfon haubenstock" <m...@erfon.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi again. Thanks for trying to help me by the way : D >> >> I tried relauching terminal and even restarting my computer, but to no >> avail. >> >> I'm not totally sure I understand when you say: >> >> One common pitfall here is that you must open a new shell for the port >> command to be recognised (or re-export the correct PATH). This seems >> likely >> as the default location for the port command is /opt/local/bin/port, >> which >> is not in your PATH. >> >> Do I need to change my PATH? >> >> thanks! >> >> erfon >> > > OK. The short answer is STFW, namely > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=macports+and+the+shell . Now let me expand on it for > you. > > In the terminal, the 'which' command followed by another command will tell > you *which* file is executed when you run it. For example for me: > >> JDMBook:~ $ which sqlite3 >> /usr/bin/sqlite3 >> JDMBook:~ $ which port >> /opt/local/bin/port > > As you can see, sqlite3 is in /usr/bin/, while port is elsewhere, namely > /opt/local/bin. Let's check with ls: > >> JDMBook:~ $ ls -la /usr/bin/sq* >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 94144 Dec 9 2007 /usr/bin/sqlite3 >> JDMBook:~ $ ls -la /opt/local/bin/p* >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root admin 106140 Dec 14 03:42 /opt/local/bin/port >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 4 Feb 13 17:22 /opt/local/bin/portf -> >> port >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root admin 4497 Dec 14 03:42 /opt/local/bin/portindex >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root admin 2557 Dec 14 03:42 /opt/local/bin/portmirror > > If I type any command in the terminal without its full path, the shell > will > look for the executable file in a number of places, which are determined > by > the PATH environment variable. Here is the value of PATH for me: > >> JDMBook:~ $ echo $PATH >> /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Volumes/Prune/Us >> ers/klee:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin > > Now, why is the shell able to run sqlite3 when I type 'sqlite3'? Because > its > directory /usr/bin/ is listed in my PATH. In the same way, the 'port' > command works because its directory /opt/local/bin/ is listed in my PATH. > > So my configuration looks good. What about yours? I'm not sure because you > only gave us your PATH. I noticed that your PATH does not include > /opt/local/bin/. So what could explain that? Here are a few possibilities: > > - MacPorts is not installed at all. But you said you installed it. > - MacPorts is not installed in its default directory. I don't know but you > did not suggest anything like that. > - MacPorts is not "fully" installed, where "fully" means "including > altering > the PATH". > > Since you didn't tell us how you installed MacPorts, I can only guess and > give a few suggestions: > > 1) Do you have the port command in its default location? > To check that, type the command 'ls -la /opt/local/bin/' as above. > If the answer to that question is yes, then you can see the shell *cannot* > execute it because its location is not in your PATH. > > 2) Did you install MacPorts using the pkg in the disk image as > http://www.macports.org/install.php suggests? > If you did so, the installer should have updated your .profile shell > startup > script. As documented, that may not be good enough if you have a > customized > shell setup. In any case, here is my .profile: > >> JDMBook:~ $ cat .profile >> >> # MacPorts Installer addition on 2009-02-13_at_17:22:24: adding an >> appropriate >> PATH variable for use with MacPorts. >> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH >> # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts. >> >> >> # MacPorts Installer addition on 2009-02-13_at_17:22:24: adding an >> appropriate >> MANPATH variable for use with MacPorts. >> export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH >> # Finished adapting your MANPATH environment variable for use with >> MacPorts. > > If you installed MacPorts differently, then the MacPorts documentation > tells > you that you need to manually do something along those lines. > > 3) Did you customize your terminal environment in any way? > This could have been for example through .profile, .bashrc, .bash_login, > .bash_profile etc... > > If so, you might have to adjust your settings manually as described in > TFM. > > 4) Installation > Assuming you have not changed anything in your terminal environment: > Quit Terminal.app, then execute the MacPorts .pkg installer, then relaunch > Terminal. Using the command shown above, verify that the port command > exists > in its default location, and that the default location is in your PATH. > If not, alter your PATH as described. > > 5) Don't be shy. > In my previous answers I suggested you use the which command. Don't be > shy. > Do it. If you expect to be helped, it's better to show that you tried a > few > things... So if you *did* it, report the output. > > Cheers, > > Jean-Denis > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/sqlite3---version-showing-the-wrong-version-tp22596369p22617080.html Sent from the SQLite mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
