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.
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