Downloading MacPorts dependencies without installing

Question

The default MacPorts installation downloads each dependency, builds and installs it, then downloads, builds and installs the next dependency, and so on. This means that a c

Answer 1

Use port fetch <packagename>.

Answer 2

While connected to the network, use:

port fetch rdepof:<packagename> <packagename>

Then, with no network connection required, use:

port clean rdepof:<packagename> <packagename>
port install <packagename>

rdepof: is a recursive list of all of the package's dependencies. The clean command removes any previous builds of the package or its dependencies.