sudo mv ~/opt/local ~/macports

Now when I try to move my macports folder back to opt/ and rename it local it still doesn’t work. Any help?

I too have been with MacPorts from the beginning and while it’s my favorite of the BSD-derived package managers from a users perspective (i.e., figuring out how to make it do what you want), it’s mutated into a monster that’s constantly installing the entire X.org distribution, Perl, Python, and thousands of libfoos, most of which already exist in /usr/lib. Yes, I know, they’re not always compatible and don’t always work. But then again, the opposite is also true. The libraries in /usr/lib do what they do correctly in OS X. The stuff MacPorts installs, not so much. I understand why MacPorts went the direction they did, I just don’t want that on my system and brew seems to do exactly what I’m looking for. I also appreciate that it’s backed into github. I could care less that it’s written in Ruby.

Put away those stone knives and bearskins my friends…

Instead of the “gist” subdomain and the “raw” path component, they now use a “raw” subdomain and a “gist” path component, so the correct command is now:

Basically for me it’s : delete everything from this monster as soon as possible .

“sudo rm” ing all the macports stuff is a very bad idea. It’s much smarter to carefully move directories to a safe place, in their entirety, so the damage can be undone.