Arc version 5.21o - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 5.21o

      View the most recent changes for the arc port at: arc.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for arc.
      The raw portfile for arc 5.21o is located here:
      http://arc.darwinports.com/dports/archivers/arc/Portfile
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      The arc Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: arc
      Version: 5.21o
      Revision: 1
      Category: archivers sysutils
      Description: create and extract files from dos .arc archives
      Maintainers: crazic.ru:jc
      Platform: darwin
      Long Description: ${description}
      Homepage: http://arc.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      extract.suffix .tgz

      Checksums: md5 3b30c739b42b2fe8ac4ec0a05f34f284 sha1 4b803eae04976072fae88d4dbfc4b3e45796f8f3 rmd160 2897f62452f59efcb757cd5447d6d330df0cfdd1

      Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-marc.c

      use_configure no

      set CFLAGS ${configure.cflags}

      if {[variant_isset universal]} {
      set CFLAGS "${CFLAGS} ${configure.universal_cflags}"
      }

      build.args "OPT=\"${CFLAGS}\""

      destroot {
      xinstall -W ${worksrcpath} ${name} m${name} ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -W ${worksrcpath} -m 444 ${name}.1 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1

      set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${docdir}
      xinstall -W ${worksrcpath} -m 644 Arc[strsed ${version} {g/[^0-9]//}].doc Arcinfo COPYING LICENSE ${destroot}${docdir}
      }

      Variant: universal {}

      livecheck.regex "${name} ${name}-(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*\[a-z\]?) released.*"


    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/arc
      % sudo port install arc
      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 arc
      ---> Verifying checksum for arc
      ---> Extracting arc
      ---> Configuring arc
      ---> Building arc with target all
      ---> Staging arc into destroot
      ---> Installing arc
    - 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 arc with these commands:
      %  man arc
      % apropos arc
      % which arc
      % locate arc

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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