port selfupdate: "macPorts sources: command execution failed"

Question

I am trying to selfupdate my Macports, but I am getting the following message:

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing 
MacPorts sources: command execution failed

I checked my /opt/local/bin/macports and the directory does not exist. Instead, it is in /opt/local/var. Could that be the issue?

Running with -dt, I get the following:

[Users/user] > selfupdate
DEBUG: MacPorts sources location: /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Connection refused (61)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/base/ /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base
Exit code: 10
DEBUG: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed
    while executing
"macports::selfupdate [array get global_options] base_updated"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error synchronizing MacPorts sources: command execution failed

What is error 61? Any ideas how I can fix that?

Answer 1

I had this same problem recently, and I forgot to run the command under root. If anyone else is having the problem, be sure to run command as so:

sudo port selfupdate

Answer 2

I was behind a firewall. Tried on a different network and it worked.

Answer 3

There is no /opt/local/bin/macports. The executable you need is /opt/local/bin/port. (Port files are in /opt/local/var/..., which is correct.)

Based on the command execution failed:

• you might have forgotten to run as root.
• port forks the following programs: rsync, tclsh, openssl, tar, chmod, chown. Are these executable and in the PATH? (Is /opt/local/bin in your PATH as well?)

If that doesn't help, run port with -dt to get all sorts of debug info. That might help with finding the problem. Append the interesting parts to your question, maybe.

Answer 4

I faced the same issue.But I used to this method in the after.

Go to: $prefix/etc/macports/sources.conf (my path is like this):

/opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf 

comment out the rsync entry, and add a new entry as follows:

#rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar [default]
https://distfiles.macports.org/ports.tar.gz [default]

After that you can run:

sudo port -d sync

It's also explained on MacPorts.com.