Gunits version 1.87 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 20th of November, 2009

    version 1.87

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      The raw portfile for gunits 1.87 is located here:
      http://gunits.darwinports.com/dports/math/gunits/Portfile
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      The gunits Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: gunits
      Version: 1.87
      Category: math
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Unit conversion and calculation
      Long Description: GNU units converts quantities expressed in various scales to their equivalents in other scales. Units can only handle multiplicative scale changes. For example, it cannot convert Celsius to Fahrenheit but it can convert temperature differences between those temperature scales.
      Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/units/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: gnu:units
      distname units-${version}
      Checksums: md5 8cf47adf29e38a9aa744e8d5246d1bec sha1 106f9751fab6de4fc1fe27e735a1080262ba372a rmd160 5d68a98e6bb773cc5d9f12b7d46d7d49e8fe0c8c

      configure.cflags -I${prefix}/include
      configure.ldflags -L${prefix}/lib
      configure.args --program-prefix=g --mandir=\\\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\\\${prefix}/share/info
      destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix}

      depends_lib port:ncurses port:readline

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/?C=M&O=D
      livecheck.regex units-(\\d+\\.\\d+)


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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