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#1 2009-01-10 10:49 pm
- Elahrairah
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n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
Hey genii, I'm trying to learn how to use the command prompt to start installing some hefty programs.
So far I can't find an online tutorial that bridges the gap between how to move between directories and how to actually install wget or git. I've downloaded both program's install packages and run them from the desktop (through the Finder), but the command line in the terminal absolutely refuses to recognize either of them... no man files, no git inits, and no basic wget downloads.
I don't know what I'm doing... any good advice, folks? Thanks!
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#2 2009-01-10 10:56 pm
- Elahrairah
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Re: n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
Oh, for starters, my home directory doesn't have an /opt directory in it. Is this a problem?
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#3 2009-01-10 11:36 pm
- Booksley
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Re: n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
For wget, and many other pieces of ported software, install MacPorts. For git, use the Mac OS X installer.
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#4 2009-01-12 1:31 pm
- Elahrairah
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Re: n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
Even after installing Macports, and then separately downloading wget and installing that, and copying the following:
wget into /usr/local/bin
wget.1 into /usr/local/man/man1
wgetrc into /usr/local/etc
'wget' is STILL an unrecognized command. What am I missing?
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#5 2009-01-12 2:12 pm
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Re: n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
if macports is installed correctly, you shouldn't have to move anything to /usr/local/bin
put everything back where it was and enter this command "echo $PATH" and post it here for us
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#6 2009-01-12 2:14 pm
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Re: n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
oh, wait... are you not using macports to install wget?
use this command
"sudo port install wget"
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#7 2009-01-12 3:02 pm
- Elahrairah
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Re: n00b seeks help installing wget and git in Tiger.
Oh... it's that simple? That worked for wget... still working on GIT
The link you gave is for the Leopard version, but I'm running Tiger. Anybody know where I can get GIT for Tiger?
...oh it's a also on macports. Thanks a million, people, I've learned a ton!
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