Msort version 8.45 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 12th of March, 2010

    version 8.45

      View the most recent changes for the msort port at: msort.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for msort.
      The raw portfile for msort 8.45 is located here:
      http://msort.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/msort/Portfile
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      The msort Portfile 54168 2009-07-22 13:32:20Z jmr macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: msort
      Version: 8.45
      Category: textproc
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: program for sorting files in sophisticated ways
      Long Description: Msort is a program for sorting files in sophisticated ways. Records need not be single lines.

      Homepage: http://billposer.org/Software/msort.html
      Master Sites: http://www.billposer.org/Software/Downloads/
      Checksums: sha1 03e0390da91a0c3242da7d36cb21285906663066
      use_bzip2 yes

      depends_lib port:tre port:gettext port:libuninum port:libutf8proc
      depends_run port:tcl port:tk

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
      configure.ldflags-append "-lintl"


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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