Fix “macports checking for Tcl configuration… configure: error: Can’t find Tcl configuration definitions” when selfupdating Macports in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

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I’ve just upgraded my Mac OS X to Mavericks 10.9. When I tried to update Macports I got an error and when I used the verbose mode of selfupdate (sudo port -v selfupdate) it came out this:

macports checking for Tcl configuration... configure: error: Can't find Tcl configuration definitions

I fixed the problem after reinstalling the Command Line Tools of Xcode and accepting the license from the command line:

sudo xcode-select --install
sudo xcodebuild -license

Then the selfupdate worked just fine:

sudo port selfupdate
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8 Comments.

  1. HM Thursday November 7th, 2013 at 04:18 PM

    This works for me as well. Great, thanks a lot!

    HM

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  2. Planemo Thursday November 14th, 2013 at 01:51 PM

    It worked like a charm for me as well! Thanks!

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  3. Ezo Thursday November 21st, 2013 at 10:54 AM

    It worked fine for me too. Thank you.

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  4. Ivan Ricondo Friday November 22nd, 2013 at 09:31 AM

    Me pasaba lo mismo y tu solución me ha funcionado perfectamente… Muchas gracias

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  5. Ivan Ricondo Friday November 22nd, 2013 at 09:33 AM

    Sorry, I didn’t realice that it was in english… Same thing happen to me, and your solution worked fine for me too.

    Thanks a lot.

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  6. Pedro Thursday November 28th, 2013 at 02:46 PM

    It worked for me too. Thank you.

    Reply
  7. dev dev Friday December 13th, 2013 at 12:00 AM

    Worked like a charm! I always thought Xcode Command Line Tools were already installed, but looks like at least some part of it was not.

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