Usermacports is a simple, easy-to-use script that sets up a blank MacPorts directory for you without requiring administrator/root access. It does so by automating the task of building and installing MacPorts from source.

Instructions

1. Download latest MacPorts srce (.tar.gz version) to ~/Downloads: https://www.macports.org/install.php#source

2. Edit the file new_macports. Set the variable MACPORTS_DOWNLOAD to the name of the file just downloaded:

   MACPORTS_DOWNLOAD='MacPorts-2.3.4.tar.gz'
   

3. Run the new_macports script to create a new user-level installation of MacPorts, in a particular location. For example:

   new_macports $HOME/macports/gcc49-python3
   

4. Set up your environment in your .profile:

   export MACPORTS=$HOME/macports/gcc49-python3
   export PORT=$MACPORTS/bin/port
   export PATH=$MACPORTS/bin:$PATH
   

5. Edit $MACPORTS/etc/macports/macports.conf:

   # https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56563
   # Hfscompression only works if installing in default /opt location
   hfscompression      	no
   

6. Install stuff in your new Macports directory; just use port install without the sudo.