MacPorts Upgrade Procedure

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MacPorts Upgrade Procedure - more

Save the list of installed ports:

port -qv installed > myports.txt

Uninstall all installed ports:

sudo port -f uninstall installed

Clean any partially-completed builds:

sudo port clean all

Get fresh MacPorts-X.Y.Z

curl -O https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2
tar xf MacPorts-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2

Build and install

cd MacPorts-X.Y.Z/
./configure
make
sudo make install

Sanity check your fresh base MacPorts

sudo port selfupdate

Edit myports.txt and leave only the lines you need

mate myports.txt     
awk '{print $1}' myports.txt | sort > myports.txt
sudo port install `cat myports.txt tr '\n' ' '`