Can't update Macports (with Mac OS X Mavericks)

After upgrading Mac OS X to newest version Mavericks, I attempted to selfupdate my Macports, but it failed:

$ sudo port -v selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
receiving file list ... done

sent 36 bytes  received 69 bytes  210.00 bytes/sec
total size is 4925440  speedup is 46908.95
receiving file list ... done

sent 36 bytes  received 76 bytes  74.67 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 4.57
MacPorts base version 2.2.0 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.2.1 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports.tar
receiving file list ... done

sent 36 bytes  received 70 bytes  70.67 bytes/sec
total size is 57702400  speedup is 544362.26
receiving file list ... done

sent 36 bytes  received 77 bytes  75.33 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 4.53
receiving file list ... rsync: change_dir "tarballs/PortIndex_darwin_13_i386" (in release) failed: No such file or directory (2)
done

sent 4 bytes  received 9 bytes  26.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-42/rsync/main.c(1400) [receiver=2.6.9]
Command failed: /usr/bin/rsync -rtzv --delete-after rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/PortIndex_darwin_13_i386/PortIndex /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs
Exit code: 23
--->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.2.1
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl

checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0
checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0
checking target system type... x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0
checking MacPorts version... 2.2.1
checking for sw_vers... /usr/bin/sw_vers
checking for defaults... /usr/bin/defaults
checking for xcode-select... /usr/bin/xcode-select
checking Mac OS X version... 10.9
checking Xcode location... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
checking Xcode version... 5.0.1
checking for gcc... /usr/bin/cc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
<snip>
checking CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h presence... yes
checking for CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h... yes
checking for readline in -lreadline... yes
checking whether rl_username_completion_function is declared... no
checking whether rl_filename_completion_function is declared... yes
checking whether rl_completion_matches is declared... yes
checking whether username_completion_function is declared... yes
checking whether filename_completion_function is declared... yes
checking whether completion_matches is declared... yes
checking for Tcl configuration... configure: error: Can't find Tcl configuration definitions
Command failed: cd /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/base && CC=/usr/bin/cc OBJC=/usr/bin/cc ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-tclpackage=/Library/Tcl --with-install-user=root --with-install-group=admin --with-directory-mode=0755 --enable-readline && make SELFUPDATING=1 && make install SELFUPDATING=1
Exit code: 1
Error: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed
$

If I just try to upgrade a particular port, it failed too:

$ sudo port upgrade emacsapp
Password:
Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating them by running 'port selfupdate'.
Error: emacsapp is not installed
$ sudo port search emacs
Password:
Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating them by running 'port selfupdate'.
$ sudo port upgrade emacs-app
Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider updating them by running 'port selfupdate'.
--->  Fetching archive for gperf
--->  Attempting to fetch gperf-3.0.4_2.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/gperf
--->  Attempting to fetch gperf-3.0.4_2.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/gperf
--->  Attempting to fetch gperf-3.0.4_2.darwin_13.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/gperf
--->  Fetching distfiles for gperf
--->  Attempting to fetch gperf-3.0.4.tar.gz from http://ykf.ca.distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/mpdistfiles/gperf
--->  Verifying checksums for gperf
--->  Extracting gperf
Error: org.macports.extract for port gperf returned: command execution failed
Please see the log file for port gperf for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_gperf/gperf/main.log
Error: Problem while installing gperf
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
$

Any idea

• if this is caused by incompatibility between OS X Mavericks and Macports?
• how to fix it?

Edit:

I tried a different computer upgrading it from 10.8.5 to 10.9, and then try to do selfupdate for macports, it did not work again but gave a different error:

$ sudo port -v selfupdate
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
receiving file list ... done
base.tar

sent 13396 bytes  received 10355 bytes  15834.00 bytes/sec
total size is 4925440  speedup is 207.38
receiving file list ... done
base.tar.rmd160

sent 64 bytes  received 635 bytes  1398.00 bytes/sec
total size is 512  speedup is 0.73
MacPorts base version 2.2.1 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.2.1 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
Synchronizing local ports tree from file:///opt/local/var/macports/sources/svn.macports.org/trunk/dports/
svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command
svn: E155036: Working copy '/opt/local/var/macports/sources/svn.macports.org/trunk/dports' is too old (format 10, created by Subversion 1.6)
Command failed: /usr/bin/svn update --non-interactive /opt/local/var/macports/sources/svn.macports.org/trunk/dports
Exit code: 1
Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing an svn update
Error: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed

Install the "Command Line Tools" first:

sudo xcode-select --install

(Explicitly agreeing to the license is sometimes necessary via "sudo xcodebuild -license")

Then upgrade the ports:

sudo port -v selfupdate

I answered a similar question. The location of the Tcl framework has changed, breaking the existing MacPorts infrastructure. The 2.2.1 installer for Mavericks has since become available here. Make a list of your installed ports, and consider deleting /opt/local prior to installing. You will likely need to 'update' everything anyway.

There might be a chance that you haven't agreed with the XCode license. If xcode-install doesn't help, you can run the belowing command to agree with Xcode license.

sudo xcodebuild -license

there is an actual bug with

> gperf @3.0.4: error: expected parameter declarator

thankfully this issue has its own ticket at MacPorts ticket 40918

if anything you could read all the issues in Mavericks at http://trac.macports.org/wiki/MavericksProblems

I had the same issue. I am assuming that you had Xcode command line utils installed previously. Just launch XCODE and let it finish configuration. Now rerun port command and it should work properly.

I got an error with selfupdate, and resolved it by doing a fresh installation of MacPorts from http://www.macports.org/install.php. Now I can run the selfupdate command without error and install other ports.

The error I were seeing was below, it seems the same problem as Yo Sophia has pointed out:

$ sudo port selfupdate
Password:
--->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
MacPorts base version 2.1.3 installed,
MacPorts base version 2.2.1 downloaded.
--->  Updating the ports tree
--->  MacPorts base is outdated, installing new version 2.2.1
Installing new MacPorts release in /opt/local as root:admin; permissions 0755; Tcl-Package in /Library/Tcl

Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Error installing new MacPorts base: command execution failed

I mainly wanted to comment on @Brett's answer above (sorry, SO n00b still, not allowed) and share my experience upgrading... not really a new answer, but hopefully some useful info.

I downloaded and installed the Mavericks MacPorts installer as described above, (but without removing /opt, as suggested by @King Julian did self update which was fine, and then upgrade outdated and it seems to be uninstalling and reinstalling all my ports with a message:

Warning: Deactivate forced.  Proceeding despite dependencies.

on each one. Luckily i made a copy of the etc and apache2/conf dirs, so should be able to get my config back when it eventually finishes... after 30 minutes or so it threw an error

Unable to open port: extra characters after close-quote

So i did self update again and upgrade outdated seems to run again...

So looks like it can be done (LAMP all working anyway) - it might have been quicker to start again from scratch, but make sure you have at least a couple of hours spare for this (and be connected to mains power ;)

Apologies if too much info, but hope it helps!

The problem seems to be with Macports and the location of the Tcl framework and it's path once Xcode has been installed. I suggest installing a fresh version of Macports for Mavericks here : http://www.macports.org/install.php.

I had this issue on Mountain Lion and it was actually to do with MacPorts looking at an old XCode path (I had several versions including betas installed). I ran with the -d option and checked the config.log file at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/base and it reported some errors:-

--- snip ---
...
configure:3331: checking for C compiler version
configure:3340: gcc --version >&5
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode5-DP3.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
xcrun: Error: could not stat active Xcode path '/Applications/Xcode5-DP3.app/Contents/Developer'. (No such file or directory)
configure:3351: $? = 0
configure:3340: gcc -v >&5
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode5-DP3.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
xcrun: Error: could not stat active Xcode path '/Applications/Xcode5-DP3.app/Contents/Developer'. (No such file or directory)
...
--- snip ---

So I gave it the correct path using:-

sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

and that fixed it.

I got my clues from [this useful page][1].

[1]: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/ProblemHotlist "here"