Opened 19 years ago
Closed 18 years ago
#7534 closed enhancement (wontfix)
Support install in other locations than /
| Reported by: | david-bo@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | base | Version: | 1.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description (last modified by jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios))
I think it would be nice if the pkg-installer supported installtion in other locations than /, a typical alternate installation point would be ~/.
Also, the installation part of the documentation should describe this process (can I just ./configure --prefix=$HOME/ or does this have any negative or weird consequences?)
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed 18 years ago by jmpalacios (Juan Manuel Palacios)
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → wontfix |
| Status: | new → closed |
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The pkg installer is designed to be a one click solution to installing MacPorts with a fully default configuration, which includes the default installation location
/opt/local/. To install elsewhere you need to resort to the MacPorts sources and configure them to your liking through theconfigurescript flags. Admittedly, our documentation on this is currently in a sorry state and a Wiki entry detailing this procedure would be a great addition. Anyone caring to volunteer...?-jmpp
PS: You should be OK configuring the MacPorts sources to install to your home dir as prefix.