Darcs version 2.2.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 4th of July, 2009

    version 2.2.0

      View the most recent changes for the darcs port at: darcs.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for darcs.
      The raw portfile for darcs 2.2.0 is located here:
      http://darcs.darwinports.com/dports/devel/darcs/Portfile
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      The darcs Portfile 46323 2009-02-02 18:57:29Z gwright macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: darcs
      Version: 2.2.0
      Revision: 1
      Category: devel
      Maintainers: gwright
      Description: David's Advanced Revision Control System
      Long Description: David's Advanced Revision Control System is yet another replacement for CVS. It is written in Haskell, and has been tested on Linux and Mac OS X. Darcs includes a cgi script, which can be used to view the contents of your repository.

      Homepage: http://darcs.net/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: ${homepage}

      Checksums: md5 8f0a5eba5971e7cf324c63664cde59e2 sha1 a932ee14efc57490a4304958ab391ad7c86030f0 rmd160 86186f0dc64580c099f815b511eb84ee6387b7b0

      depends_build port:ghc
      depends_lib port:curl port:ncurses port:gmp

      Patch Files: patch-configure.diff

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --without-manual

      test.run yes
      test.target check

      Variant: docs description {Generate a printable manual} {
      depends_build-append port:latex2html

      configure.args-delete --without-manual
      configure.args-append --with-manual
      }

      Variant: profiling description {Build darcs with runtime profiling enabled} {
      configure.args-append --enable-profile
      patchfiles-append patch-GNUmakefile.diff
      }

      Variant: nolibcurl description {Build darcs without libcurl} {
      configure.args-append --without-libcurl
      depends_lib-delete port:curl
      depends_run-append port:wget
      }


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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