Atool version 0.35.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 20th of November, 2009

    version 0.35.0

      View the most recent changes for the atool port at: atool.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for atool.
      The raw portfile for atool 0.35.0 is located here:
      http://atool.darwinports.com/dports/archivers/atool/Portfile
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      The atool Portfile 41548 2008-11-05 22:56:25Z mcalhoun macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: atool
      Version: 0.35.0
      Category: archivers
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: devils.com:expiation
      Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/atool/
      Description: An archival front-end
      Long Description: atool is a script for managing file archives of various types (tar, tar+gzip, zip etc).

      Master Sites: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/atool/

      Checksums: md5 d038450b20d28b773cdcded6e2d1fcc6 sha1 e1c8ecdb40ce5d5686015c04fc854408f667509a rmd160 3c7178dc976adca43be5e202ec4ed85f4279b76b

      post-patch {
      # /usr/bin/sed does not work, use ${prefix}/bin/gsed instead
      reinplace -E "s|(\[\t \])sed |\\1${prefix}/bin/gsed |g" ${worksrcpath}/configure ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.in
      }

      depends_build port:gsed
      depends_lib path:bin/perl:perl5

      configure.perl ${prefix}/bin/perl

      post-destroot {
      set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${docdir}
      xinstall -m 0644 -W ${worksrcpath} AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README TODO ${destroot}${docdir}
      }

      universal_variant no


    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/atool
      % sudo port install atool
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching atool
      ---> Verifying checksum for atool
      ---> Extracting atool
      ---> Configuring atool
      ---> Building atool with target all
      ---> Staging atool into destroot
      ---> Installing atool
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using atool with these commands:
      %  man atool
      % apropos atool
      % which atool
      % locate atool

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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