I've been trying to install a few ports ( wget, autoconf, coreutils, ... etc ) but it seems impossible !!! Here's what I have done step by step :
I'm using OS X 10.9.1 Mavericks and I've downloaded and installed macports using installation package (.pkg) from macports website. I had Xcode 5.0.2 already installed so I logged in my Apple iOS developer account, and downloaded command_line_tools_os_x_mavericks_for_xcode__late_october_2013.dmg and installed the package !
When I use
sudo port install coreutils I get the following error: Error: Port coreutils not found
I thought (And Googled of course) it must be because I haven't updated macports. Then I tried using self update using : sudo port -v selfupdate which by the way was not successful and I got the following error log :
---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync42/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base.tar /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
Exit code: 10
Error: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed`
According to failed to connect to server message, I thought it may be caused because of restrictions and sanctions applied to my IP Address which by the way is currently from Iran (I figured that out because I cannot even open macports website directly without using a proxy server) ! I used the instructions in the following URL to reroute the connection and make Macports connect through a proxy server :
http://samkhan13.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/make-macports-work-behind-proxy/
The instruction above tries to connect and fetch the port tree using a .tar.gz archive over HTTP ! I didn't got that connection error anymore but I got some Could not access the file error, so I downloaded that file manually, set up an Apache web server locally, and replaced that HTTP URL with my localhost link.
Everything seemed to be fine by using
sudo port -v sync instead of sudo port -v selfupdate
Here's how the log started :
---> Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from http://localhost/ports.tar.gz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 24.6M 100 24.6M 0 0 98.9M 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 99.1M
x ports/
x ports/gnome/
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/Portfile
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/files/
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/files/patch-setup.py.diff
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/files/patch-win.diff
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/files/patch-fract4d_fractconfig.py.diff
x ports/gnome/gnofract4d/files/patch-fract4d-c-imageIO.cpp.diff
x ports/gnome/libchamplain/
x ports/gnome/libchamplain/Portfile
x ports/gnome/gconf/
x ports/gnome/gconf/Portfile
x ports/gnome/goocanvas/
x ports/gnome/goocanvas/Portfile
x ports/gnome/gstreamer1-gst-libav/
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But in the end, I got some errors :
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x ports/net/daemonlogger/Portfile
x ports/net/dibbler/
x ports/net/dibbler/Portfile
x ports/net/dibbler/files/
x ports/net/dibbler/files/0-enable-prefix.patch
x ports/net/dibbler/files/1-correct-man-pages.patch
x ports/PortIndex_darwin_11_i386/
x ports/PortIndex_darwin_11_i386/PortIndex.quick: gzip decompression failed
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Command failed: cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/localhost/ports/.. && /usr/bin/tar -v -z -xf ports.tar.gz
Exit code: 1
Error: Extracting http://localhost/ports.tar.gz failed (command execution failed)
port sync failed: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
Now, I still cannot install any ports, and if I revert that default link in /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf to its original RSYNC one, everything returns to the way it was ( all errors, all messages, etc ... )
If I don't revert and go on using the file I have put on my localhost ( or using file:// to address the file directly ) , here's what happens when I try to install a port ( for example, Using sudo port install coreutils ) :
Port extract failed: ports/PortIndex_darwin_11_i386/PortIndex.quick: gzip decompression failed
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
while executing
"macports::fetch_port $path 1"
(procedure "macports::getportdir" line 12)
invoked from within
"macports::getportdir $source"
(procedure "macports::getindex" line 4)
invoked from within
"macports::getindex $source"
(procedure "_mports_load_quickindex" line 11)
invoked from within
"_mports_load_quickindex"
(procedure "mportinit" line 577)
invoked from within
"mportinit ui_options global_options global_variations"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, Port extract failed: ports/PortIndex_darwin_11_i386/PortIndex.quick: gzip decompression failed
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
I have Googled and read almost every solution that is suggested but NONE has worked out and I'm really stuck with this :(
Any NEW solution is really appreciated.
No replies, and I Found the solution myself!
The only way to redirect RSYNC requests through a proxy server is to tunnel over an L2TP VPN connection ( not PPTP ). That's the only way to make Macports work behind a proxy server.
Hope this can help other guys who are stuck with this weird connection method.