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# $Id: Portfile 29062 2007-09-14 12:44:36Z nox macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: libarchive
Version: 2.2.6
Category: archivers
Maintainers: toby macports.org
Description: functions for reading and writing streaming archives

Long Description: Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants and several cpio formats. It can also write shar archives.

Homepage: http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
Platform: darwin

master_sites ${homepage}src/

checksums md5 a8d23b9c37153093b2e6c03385fb3ad9 sha1 3e8b69479c1f9beaf01d3b1672573ac33a74b120 rmd160 2b0e6216512d22fda7d91091cbd9e2275719a975

depends_lib port:bzip2 port:zlib

configure.args --disable-static

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

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/libarchive
%  sudo port install libarchive  
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 libarchive
--->  Verifying checksum for libarchive
--->  Extracting libarchive
--->  Configuring libarchive
--->  Building libarchive with target all

--->  Staging libarchive into destroot

--->  Installing libarchive

- 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 libarchive with these commands:

%  man libarchive
%  apropos libarchive
%  which libarchive
%  locate libarchive

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