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I'm trying to install Image Magick on MAMP. And I'm seriously out of my depth.

I've installed MacPorts, and opened the terminal. I've typed in sudo port -v selfupdate per the instructions on http://www.macports.org/install.php#pkg

But the response I get from the Terminal is Unrecognized action "sudo"

I've googled and googled, but can't find anything that makes a slab of sense.

Any clever people feeling generous?

skaffman
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Chris
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You are running ports on interactive mode, and you are not in your system shell. The port program won't recognize sudo as one of its commands, and I am guessing you didn't run your port command with sudo so you won't be able to do much, try the following:

  • Click on your terminal.
  • Press command + Q (command is the key left of your space bar)

  • Open your terminal once again and do not run anything on else but the command suggested:

    sudo port -v selfupdate

If you get the same thing, you are still or again in Macports interactive session, type CTRL + C, or type quit.

Francisco Soto
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  • I have the same issue. Doesn't work for me. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9694395/sudo-port-command-not-found. – Ava Mar 20 '12 at 14:19