Autoconf263 version 2.63 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.63

      View the most recent changes for the autoconf263 port at: autoconf263.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for autoconf263.
      The raw portfile for autoconf263 2.63 is located here:
      http://autoconf263.darwinports.com/dports/devel/autoconf263/Portfile
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      The autoconf263 Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: autoconf263
      Version: 2.63
      Category: devel
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Automatically configures software for compilation
      Long Description: Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4 macro calls.
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
      Master Sites: gnu:autoconf
      use_bzip2 yes
      distname autoconf-${version}
      universal_variant no

      Checksums: rmd160 273448a60bc4dfcfcb3ee455ef012333eeca3256

      depends_lib path:bin/perl:perl5 port:m4 port:help2man

      # If libtool is eventually installed, it will provide glibtoolize (not libtoolize)
      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|'libtoolize'|'glibtoolize'|" ${worksrcpath}/bin/autoreconf.in
      }

      configure.perl ${prefix}/bin/perl
      configure.args --program-suffix=263 --datadir=${prefix}/share/${name}

      post-destroot {
      delete ${destroot}${prefix}/share/emacs
      delete ${destroot}${prefix}/share/info
      }

      livecheck.type none

    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/autoconf263
      % sudo port install autoconf263
      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 autoconf263
      ---> Verifying checksum for autoconf263
      ---> Extracting autoconf263
      ---> Configuring autoconf263
      ---> Building autoconf263 with target all
      ---> Staging autoconf263 into destroot
      ---> Installing autoconf263
    - 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 autoconf263 with these commands:
      %  man autoconf263
      % apropos autoconf263
      % which autoconf263
      % locate autoconf263

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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