Tips on MacPorts

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

:::bash
sudo port selfupdate
port search pkg
sudo port install pkg

MacPorts behind Firewall¶

1. Use http instead of rsync. Open the file /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf and replace the line

    :::bash
    rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default]

   with

    :::bash
    http://www.macports.org/files/ports.tar.gz [default]

2. Configure proxy.

    :::bash
    export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyURL:portNumber
    export HTTP_PROXY=http://username:password@proxyURL:portNumberexport 
    export ftp_proxy=ftp://username:password@proxyURL:portNumber
    export FTP_PROXY=ftp://username:password@proxyURL:portNumber
    export rsync_proxy=username:password@proxyURL:portNumber
    export RSYNC_PROXY=username:password@proxyURL:portNumber

3. Use sudo port -d sync instead of sudo port selfupdate to print debugging information while updating.

References¶

https://destefano.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/macports-behind-a-proxy/

https://samkhan13.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/make-macports-work-behind-proxy/