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The dpkg Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: dpkg
Version: 1.10.28
Revision: 1
Platform: darwin freebsd
Category: sysutils archivers
Maintainers: landonf
Description: Debian package maintenance system
Homepage: http://www.debian.org/

Master Sites: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/
Checksums: md5 912ece8f3c39192503ff2bcb4c74182e

# Use MacPorts versions explicitly
depends_lib port:gettext port:libiconv bin:perl:perl5


distname ${name}_${version}
worksrcdir ${name}-${version}

Patch Files: patch-config.h.in patch-configure patch-configure.in patch-lib_utils.c patch-lib_tarfn.c patch-main_remove.c patch-utils_Makefile.in patch-main_archives.c patch-archtable patch-include_parsedump.h

configure.args --without-sgml-doc --with-libintl-prefix=${prefix} --with-libiconv-prefix=${prefix} --with-admindir=${prefix}/var/db/dpkg --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

build.type gnu

set vardpkg ${destroot}${prefix}/var/db/dpkg
destroot.keepdirs ${vardpkg} ${vardpkg}/updates ${vardpkg}/info

post-patch {
set scripts ${worksrcpath}/scripts
reinplace s|/etc/dpkg/|${prefix}/etc/dpkg/| ${scripts}/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl ${scripts}/dpkg-source.1

reinplace s|/etc/|${prefix}/etc/| ${scripts}/update-alternatives.8

reinplace s|/etc/alternatives|${prefix}/etc/alternatives|g ${scripts}/update-alternatives.pl
}

pre-destroot {
file mkdir ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/dpkg
}

post-destroot {
file mkdir ${vardpkg}
file mkdir ${vardpkg}/updates
file mkdir ${vardpkg}/info
system "touch ${vardpkg}/available ${vardpkg}/status"
}

platform darwin {
depends_build-append bin:gnumake:gmake
patchfiles-append patch-utils_start-stop-daemon.c bsd/patch-main_help.c
}

platform freebsd {
depends_build-append bin:gmake:gmake
patchfiles-append patch-utils_start-stop-daemon.c bsd/patch-main_help.c
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/
livecheck.regex "${name}_(\\d+\\.\\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/dpkg
%  sudo port install dpkg  
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 dpkg
--->  Verifying checksum for dpkg
--->  Extracting dpkg
--->  Configuring dpkg
--->  Building dpkg with target all

--->  Staging dpkg into destroot

--->  Installing dpkg

- 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 dpkg with these commands:

%  man dpkg
%  apropos dpkg
%  which dpkg
%  locate dpkg

 Where to find more information: