Fix: sudo: port: command not found

December 7, 2014

I’m trying to setup Python 2.7 and SciPy and hit a major roadblock. I kept getting
sudo: port: command not found

On Mac OSX, I’m on Yosemite, if you’ve installed MacPorts with the package installer and have the same issues that I encountered I’ve got the fix. Part of the problem is that MacPorts binaries are installed in /opt/local/bin, so you just need to add this path to your PATH environment variable. Example with your user, add to your $HOME/.profile:

Add the following in terminal —

Step one:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin

Step two:

$ source .profile

Step three:

sudo port -v selfupdate

6 COMMENTS

RMagg August 28, 2015 At 1:21 am

You, my friend, are epic..
Phil September 25, 2015 At 3:56 am

Thanks dude, this helped a lot!
Deepen December 26, 2015 At 3:46 pm

Great! Thanks!!
Lance February 18, 2016 At 1:18 pm

Thank you!
Sachin Ahuja May 16, 2016 At 11:40 am

Hello, I did try to follow the above procedure but unfortunately I still get the error “sudo: port: command not found”.

Can you please guide me?
Gabriela October 4, 2016 At 5:15 am

This helped a lot! Thank you!