Unrar version 3.9.6 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 3.9.6

      View the most recent changes for the unrar port at: unrar.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for unrar.
      The raw portfile for unrar 3.9.6 is located here:
      http://unrar.darwinports.com/dports/archivers/unrar/Portfile
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      Check for any related Fink projects here: pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/unrar


      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:filetype=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The unrar Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: unrar
      set my_name ${name}src
      Version: 3.9.6
      Category: archivers
      Platform: darwin freebsd
      Maintainers: nox openmaintainer
      Description: Extract, view & test RAR archives

      Long Description: The unRAR utility is a minor part of the RAR archiver and contains RAR uncompression algorithm. unRAR requires very small volume of memory to operate.

      Homepage: http://www.rarlab.com/
      Master Sites: ${homepage}rar/
      distname ${my_name}-${version}

      Checksums: md5 07d7c5dd3d3b778fc1870a981c43a3d3 sha1 b2c0f08060b8ec92f4439d41ed4c613f4b801ed8 rmd160 a5b73bf63de0888c17dd2203a40d47d9ba1a0a78

      worksrcdir ${name}

      use_configure no

      set CXXFLAGS ${configure.cxxflags}
      set LDFLAGS ${configure.ldflags}
      if {[variant_isset universal]} {
      set CXXFLAGS "${CXXFLAGS} ${configure.universal_cxxflags}"
      set LDFLAGS "${LDFLAGS} ${configure.universal_ldflags}"
      }

      build.env-append CXX=${configure.cxx}
      build.env-append CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
      build.env-append LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
      build.args -f makefile.unix

      use_parallel_build yes

      destroot {
      set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}

      xinstall -d ${destroot}${docdir}
      xinstall ${worksrcpath}/${name} ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 0644 -W ${worksrcpath} license.txt readme.txt ${destroot}${docdir}
      }

      Variant: universal {}

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}rar_add.htm
      livecheck.regex ${my_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/unrar
      % sudo port install unrar
      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 unrar
      ---> Verifying checksum for unrar
      ---> Extracting unrar
      ---> Configuring unrar
      ---> Building unrar with target all
      ---> Staging unrar into destroot
      ---> Installing unrar
    - 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 unrar with these commands:
      %  man unrar
      % apropos unrar
      % which unrar
      % locate unrar

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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