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You must use self-update to get 1.5.2.

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Contributed by: brian163 Monday, December 10 2007 @ 10:03 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 6-12 months

Recommend Product: YES

Don't drive yourself crazy like I did trying to find a packaged 1.5.2 installer. As noted in the version comments, you have to obtain 1.5.2 through the command line (ports -d self-update). (Or try "Porticus" on this site for a decent MacPorts GUI which includes an "Update MacPorts" menu option.)

Only download the above link if you don't have MacPorts 1.5.0 yet.

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You must use self-update to get 1.5.2. - eobrien

The command you probably want to use is

sudo port selfupdate.

the -v or -d switches (after "port") are optional and specify regular verbose output ("-v") or developer-level verbose output ("-d").

You need to use "sudo," or the command won't be run as the root user and who knows what kind of confusing mess might result! :)

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