Installing MacPorts & Fink Under Snow Leopard (10.6)

[thinkingman]

For those of us who need these packages, here are some tips for installing both under 10.6:

For fink, a great set of instructions exists here:
http://sage.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/w..._Fink_for_10.5

1. Open up the Terminal
2. Follow all the instructions on the page http://sage.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/w..._Fink_for_10.5
3. I chose the default options, for those of you 64-bit purists who don't want any 32-bit software on their system, you might want to choose the “64-bit Only” option when prompted by Fink
4. Also, since I'm not concerned about running a 32-bit version of Fink alongside my 64-bit Fink, I altered the /sw64 wherever it appeared in the instructions to /sw

For MacPorts, the process was even simpler (although it does look more complicated in these instructions, really it is simpler):

1. Open up the Terminal
2. svn co http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/base/
3. Wait for it to finish checking out files
4. cd base
5. ./configure
6. make
7. sudo make install
8. sudo /opt/local/bin/port -v selfupdate

Now, to get the binary paths configured properly for all users of the Mac, I edited /etc/profile with the following:

1. sudo nano /etc/profile
2. Add the following lines after the end of this file:

   PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
   source /sw/bin/init.sh
   

3. If you didn't change Fink's directory from /sw64 to /sw above like I did, then that last line should instead read:

   source /sw64/bin/init.sh

4. Then save (if using nano as I did above, ^X then Return)

Then, close your Terminal window and reopen a new one in order to use the fink and port commands. (In case you don't know, closing/reopening the window in Terminal is the easiest way to test that your installations and path configurations work properly and that your bash sessions can find the paths as you configured them... but if you're following along up to this point, you probably know that already!)

[rickvug]

This is helpful to know. I don't have access to Snow Leopard yet. Is there any confirmation that packages will be updated from Leopard versions?

[dilbert4life]

Thanks. This is helpful. I am having a problem though - when I ./configure, it is saying that I have no c compiler, even though I have developer tools installed and was using macports on leopard. What can I do short of trying to reinstall the developer tools?

[nacho4d]

With ports working I am moving completely to Snow Leopard...
Thanks again.

[jphastings]

Originally Posted by dilbert4life

Thanks. This is helpful. I am having a problem though - when I ./configure, it is saying that I have no c compiler, even though I have developer tools installed and was using macports on leopard. What can I do short of trying to reinstall the developer tools?

I have the same problem, I've added the XCode binary location to my PATH (added the line 'PATH=$PATH:/XCode3.1.3/usr/bin' to /etc/profile) but while it can now find gcc, it claims gcc cannot create executables.

Any ideas? (I'm only installing macports here, not fink)

-- update --

You need to use the Xcode installer that comes with Snow Leopard! I foolishly tried using the download of Xcode 3.1.3!

[t-roy]

I initially had difficulty getting this to work and started investigating some fairly nasty issues related to threading when I realized that I had a /opt directory already from a previous old install of MacPorts. I renamed it /opt.old (in case I needed to refer to it later) and all went smoothly.

While probably not even related, but just to be sure, I also renamed my /sw directory (from an old fink install).

I migrated both directories to my new machine a while back and the architecture was even different, so the binaries in there were most likely pretty useless.

Hope this helps.

-Troy

[drsoong]

I have the same problem. I updated from Leopard to Snow Leopard and now in any of my projects that rely on Linux libraries I get linker complaints about wrong architecture libraries.

I did a fink dist-upgrade right after my Snow Leopard migration, but that seems not to have updated the packages to 64 bit.

I looked at the above mentioned guide, and I am tempted to move my existing /sw directory to a backup (/sw_bak) and do a clean fink ./bootstrap onto /sw. But as far as I understand that of course means I'll have to install packages by hand, don't I?

I did create a list of installed fink packages two months ago, it is still a bit of a hassle, but I most definitely need the libraries for software development.

Is there an easier way to migrate? Otherwise I'll just bite the bullet, move the directory and go through my package list with fink install <package> (I still could write a bash script maybe).

Thanks.

[alisajjad007]

Hello
i came across this error when i run ./configure during MacPorts compilation

checking for Tcl package directory... /sw64/lib/tcl8.5
checking whether tclsh was compiled with threads... no
configure: error: tcl wasn't compiled with threads enabled

is there any tip for resolving this problem as i tried different stuff

thanks in advance

Bye

[dyn]

Regarding MacPorts: download their Snow Leopard installer package, it will automatically install MacPorts without going through all the hassle in the first post.

@alisajjad007: either recompile tcl with thread support or try the official installer from MacPorts.

[thinkingman]

…I will second that, here, now that 10.6 is officially out (actually 10.6.2), you can quite easily install the official Snow Leopard release and avoid messages like the above. Despite what I've read recommended in other places, I had quite a bit of luck just installing the official package over the previous installation.

Mahalo,
Thinkingman

[macrem]

Originally Posted by alisajjad007

Hello
i came across this error when i run ./configure during MacPorts compilation

checking for Tcl package directory... /sw64/lib/tcl8.5
[...]

Do you mean during Fink compilation? /sw64 looks like a Fink path. MacPorts uses /opt