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The rb-bdb Portfile 57614 2009-09-14 06:21:48Z toby macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup ruby 1.0

ruby.setup bdb 0.6.5 extconf.rb {README.en bdb.html bdb.rd docs examples}
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: Ruby interface to the embedded Berkeley DB
Long Description: Ruby BDB is an interface for using Berkeley DB versions 2 and above. Developers may choose to store data in any of several different storage structures to satisfy the requirements of a particular application. The library includes support for B+tree, Hashes, and Fixed and Variable-Length Records.
Category:-append databases
Homepage: http://moulon.inra.fr/ruby/${ruby.module}.html
Master Sites: ftp://moulon.inra.fr/pub/ruby/
Checksums: md5 a6b1b04eede935f1de5327e365e350fa sha1 9a9151801d2a02feb0bba866762634bec860e724
Platform: darwin

depends_lib-append port:db46

configure.args-append --with-db-lib=${prefix}/lib/db46 --with-db-include=${prefix}/include/db46

pre-configure {
# The trailing space is not a typo
reinplace "s|extconf.rb |-rvendor-specific & |" ${worksrcpath}/extconf.rb
}

test.run yes
#test.target test

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/bdb
livecheck.regex {bdb / ([0-9.]+)}

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/rb-bdb
%  sudo port install rb-bdb  
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 rb-bdb
--->  Verifying checksum for rb-bdb
--->  Extracting rb-bdb
--->  Configuring rb-bdb
--->  Building rb-bdb with target all

--->  Staging rb-bdb into destroot

--->  Installing rb-bdb

- 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 rb-bdb with these commands:

%  man rb-bdb
%  apropos rb-bdb
%  which rb-bdb
%  locate rb-bdb

 Where to find more information: