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I was needing to install MacPorts on a multi-user system where I didn’t have root access. Here is what I did.

mkdir ${HOME}/macports
cd ${HOME}/macports
wget http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/MacPorts-1.6.0/MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf MacPorts-1.6.0.tar.gz
cd MacPorts-1.6.0
./configure --prefix=${HOME}/macports --with-tclpackage=${HOME}/macports/tcl \
--with-install-user=${USER} --with-install-group=${USER}
make
make install

You will now have a macports directory in your home directory:

$ ls macports
bin     etc     include lib     libexec man     sbin    share   src     tcl     var     www

Add ${HOME}/macports/bin to your path and you’ll be able to run “port install *portname*” ports you install will get installed in your home directory. Handy for any little tools you need to have available that might not be built on the system you’re using.