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http://aspell.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/aspell/Portfile
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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: