Download and Install help2man version 1.36.4 on Mac OS X
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      # $Id: Portfile 33297 2008-01-23 09:32:47Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: help2man
      Version: 1.36.4
      revision 1
      Category: textproc
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: automatically generate simple man pages

      Long Description: help2man is a tool for automatically generating simple manual pages from program output.

      Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/help2man/
      master_sites gnu
      patchfiles patch-Makefile.in

      checksums md5 d31a0a38c2ec71faa06723f6b8bd3076 sha1 f3ffd89d50ee158589f2d0ccdc476d2ac3ebff70 rmd160 1c2e18f86c2d689dbc4bbc1d85e60a2273308c42

      depends_lib port:perl5.8 port:p5-locale-gettext port:gettext port:libiconv

      configure.env PERL=${prefix}/bin/perl
      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --infodir=${prefix}/share/info

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

      livecheck.check regex
      livecheck.url http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${name}/?C=M&O=D
      livecheck.regex ${name}-(\\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/help2man
      % sudo port install help2man
      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 help2man
      ---> Verifying checksum for help2man
      ---> Extracting help2man
      ---> Configuring help2man
      ---> Building help2man with target all
      ---> Staging help2man into destroot
      ---> Installing help2man
    - 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 help2man with these commands:
      %  man help2man
      % apropos help2man
      % which help2man
      % locate help2man

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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