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Document --without-startupitems in install section

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raimue committed Mar 28, 2018
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host. Only one copy of MacPorts may use the default prefix <filename>/opt/local</filename>, so for
additional installations use the option <option>--prefix</option> as shown below. It's also recommended
to change the applications dir using <option>--with-applications-dir</option> to avoid conflicts in
<filename>/Applications/MacPorts</filename>.</para>
<filename>/Applications/MacPorts</filename>.
<phrase audience="2.5">Use <option>--without-startupitems</option> to automatically set
<option>startupitems_install no</option> in the new <filename>macports.conf</filename>, which is
required to avoid conflicts in <filename>/Library/LaunchAgents</filename> or
<filename>/Library/LaunchDaemons</filename>.</phrase>
</para>

<note>
<para>The first command temporarily removes the standard MacPorts binary paths because they must not be
present while installing a second instance.</para>
</note>

<programlisting><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin</userinput>
<programlisting audience="2.4"><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>MP_PREFIX=/opt/macports-test</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>./configure --prefix=$MP_PREFIX --with-applications-dir=$MP_PREFIX/Applications</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>make</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>sudo make install</userinput></programlisting>

<para>After installing the second instance you might need to add
<para audience="2.4">After installing the second instance you might need to add
<programlisting>startupitem_install no</programlisting>
to <filename>$MP_PREFIX/etc/macports/macports.conf</filename> to avoid conflicts in
<filename>/Library/LaunchAgents</filename>.</para>

<programlisting audience="2.5"><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>MP_PREFIX=/opt/macports-test</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>./configure --prefix=$MP_PREFIX --with-applications-dir=$MP_PREFIX/Applications --without-startupitems</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>make</userinput>
<!-- --><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>sudo make install</userinput></programlisting>
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