Autoconf version 2.63 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.63

      View the most recent changes for the autoconf port at: autoconf.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for autoconf.
      The raw portfile for autoconf 2.63 is located here:
      http://autoconf.darwinports.com/dports/devel/autoconf/Portfile
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      The autoconf Portfile 41395 2008-11-01 18:29:13Z jmr macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: autoconf
      Version: 2.63
      Category: devel
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Platform: darwin
      Description: Automatically configures software for compilation

      Long Description: Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4 macro calls.

      Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
      Master Sites: gnu
      use_bzip2 yes

      # If libtool is eventually installed, it will provide glibtoolize (not libtoolize)
      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|'libtoolize'|'glibtoolize'|" ${worksrcpath}/bin/autoreconf.in
      }

      Checksums: md5 7565809ed801bb5726da0631ceab3699 sha1 f15e14aa34acf871b47f659ef99a2e6707db4a18 rmd160 273448a60bc4dfcfcb3ee455ef012333eeca3256

      depends_lib path:bin/perl:perl5 port:m4 port:help2man

      configure.perl ${prefix}/bin/perl

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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