learning_macports.md

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/learnings/macports	Learnings: Macports

<<PostgresMacportsInstallation_pgdump>>

/opt/local/lib/postgresql94/bin/pg_dump

and other tools in that location too

How the select stuff works

Some sets of ports can hook themselves into the select system: you have multiple versions of some software installed at a time (say python 3.10 and python 3.12), but by default you want to use one particular version.

$ sudo port select --summary

Name       Selected      Options
====       ========      =======
helm       helm3.10      helm3.10 none
pip        pip311        pip3-apple pip311 none
pip2       none          none
pip3       pip311        pip3-apple pip311 none
python     none          python310 python311 python39 none
python3    python311     python310 python311 python39 none
terraform  terraform1.4  terraform1.4 none

To see what versions of a thing you are running:

sudo port select --show helm

The currently selected version for 'helm' is 'helm3.10'.

To see what versions are availible for a port:

$ sudo port select --list helm
Available versions for helm:
	helm3.10 (active)
	none

See also:

• port-select man page