Aspell version 0.60.6 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Thursday the 9th of September, 2010

    version 0.60.6

      View the most recent changes for the aspell port at: aspell.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for aspell.
      The raw portfile for aspell 0.60.6 is located here:
      http://aspell.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/aspell/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; truncate-lines: t; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The aspell Portfile 53902 2009-07-16 09:19:29Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: aspell
      Version: 0.60.6
      Revision: 2
      Category: textproc
      Maintainers: openmaintainer jochen
      Description: Spell checker with better logic than ispell
      Homepage: http://aspell.net/
      Platform: darwin
      use_parallel_build yes

      Long Description: Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace ispell. Aspell's main feature is that it does a much better job of coming up with possible suggestions than ispell.

      Master Sites: gnu freebsd

      Checksums: md5 bc80f0198773d5c05086522be67334eb sha1 335bcb560e00f59d89ec9e4c4114c325fb0e65f4 rmd160 315638cc7cc4ce9d3dc09c7e15faf637855d504e

      depends_build port:texinfo
      depends_lib port:gettext

      Patch Files: patch-mk-static-filter.pl.diff

      configure.env LIBS="-L${prefix}/lib"
      configure.cflags-append "-I${prefix}/include"
      configure.args --enable-dict-dir="${prefix}/share/aspell" --infodir="${prefix}/share/info" --enable-compile-in-filters
      test.run yes
      test.target check


      post-destroot {
      file delete -force ${destroot}${prefix}/share/info/dir
      }

      post-activate {
      system "${prefix}/bin/install-info ${prefix}/share/info/aspell.info ${prefix}/share/info/dir"
      system "${prefix}/bin/install-info ${prefix}/share/info/aspell-dev.info ${prefix}/share/info/dir"
      }

      post-install {
      ui_msg "******************************************************************"
      ui_msg "You must install (at least) one of the language dictionaries after"
      ui_msg "installing this port in order for it to work."
      ui_msg "******************************************************************"
      }

      Variant: nls conflicts nonls description {Include natural language support; conflicts with GNUstep} {
      configure.args-delete --disable-nls
      configure.args-append --enable-nls
      }

      Variant: nonls conflicts nls description {Don't include natural language support (default on Mac OS X)} {
      configure.args-delete --enable-nls
      configure.args-append --disable-nls
      }

      platform macosx {
      # gnustep-gui uses aspell and will not work if aspell is linked to gettext because
      # gettext is linked to CoreFoundation which is itself linked to the Apple objc runtime
      if { ![variant_isset nls] } {
      default_variants +nonls
      }
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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