Question

hansarijanto$ port -v
MacPorts 2.0.3
hansarijanto$ xcodebuild -version
Xcode 4.3.2
Build version 4E2002

I am running the above xcode and macport version. on max os x
when I try to self update my mac port I get the following error.

hansarijanto$ sudo port selfupdate
Password:
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.0.3 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.0.4 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
--->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.0.4
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: shell command failed (see log for details)

I am trying to update mac port to install qt.

sudo port install qt4-mac-devel(error no SDK found)

which I need to install webkit-capybara

sudo gem install capybara-webkit -v '0.7.2'(error in setting up native environment)

Answer 1

You need to use the -d option to get enough information to diagnose this; but take a look at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#selfupdatefails for common problems and solutions.