Can't upgrade macports under Big Sur!

Question

I just upgraded to big Sur and the macports upgrade instructions don't work.

I keep getting this error:

Warning: The macOS 11.0 SDK does not appear to be installed. Ports may not build correctly.
Warning: You can install it as part of the Xcode Command Line Tools package by running `xcode-select --install'.

But I do have Xcode Command Line Tools installed:

% xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates
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What's up?

Answer 1

It turns out that the Big Sur's XCode command-line tools aren't good enough for MacPorts. You need to manually download Command Line Tools for Xcode 12.2 from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools

Answer 2

MacPorts typically uses different installers for different versions of macOS. Have you installed the MacPorts for Big Sur, or are you trying to upgrade MacPorts with a port command?

Have you seen this notice re updating MacPorts?:

% sudo port selfupdate

I don't run/haven't installed Big Sur, but I've used MacPorts for a while. MacPorts often issues a similar puzzling error after Catalina upgrades - it's puzzling until you learn what causes it. A symptom similar to the one you describe occurred after in-version and/or Xcode upgrades on Catalina (e.g. 10.15.5 to 10.15.6). The explanation, and the fix, are described here.

Hopefully, one of these will get you back on track.

Answer 3

This is how I solved it:

• I've upgraded developer-tools through system update. (If this doesn't works you can do it manually from here: https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=command%20line%20tools)
• Then I went to macports download page: https://www.macports.org/install.php and downloaded the Big Sur version.
• After installing Macports again (without uninstalling the current version) I've ran sudo port selfupdate and sudo port upgrade outdated.

Everything is working again.