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The raw portfile for octave-informationtheory 0.1.8 is located here:
http://octave-informationtheory.darwinports.com/dports/math/octave-informationtheory/Portfile
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The octave-informationtheory Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: octave-informationtheory
Version: 0.1.8
Category: math science
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: and.damore alakazam
Description: Functions and routines for basic Information Theory definitions, and source coding.
Long Description: ${description}

Homepage: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
Master Sites: sourceforge:octave

distname informationtheory-$version

Checksums: md5 8948c888555cd4377edcc3cdc8611bee sha1 6f8ec439fc764c1140de8e44cdf0c1655683c861 rmd160 bd79132384e307dcebd805e5a1ab2ab4af171b43

depends_lib-append port:octave

post-destroot {
move ${destroot}${prefix}/share/octave/octave_packages ${destroot}${prefix}/share/octave/octave_packages_${name}
}

post-activate {
system "octave --eval \"pkg rebuild\""
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.html
livecheck.regex http://downloads\.sourceforge\.net/octave/informationtheory-(\\d+(\\.\\d+)*)\.tar\.gz

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

--->  Staging octave-informationtheory into destroot

--->  Installing octave-informationtheory

- 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 octave-informationtheory with these commands:

%  man octave-informationtheory
%  apropos octave-informationtheory
%  which octave-informationtheory
%  locate octave-informationtheory

 Where to find more information: