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The xephem Portfile 56738 2009-09-01 23:51:22Z jmr macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: xephem
Version: 3.7.4
Category: science
Maintainers: nomaintainer
license Restrictive/Distributable
Description: interactive astronomical ephemeris program
Long Description: Xephem is an interactive astronomical ephemeris program for X Windows systems. It computes heliocentric, geocentric and topocentric information for fixed celestial objects and objects in heliocentric and geocentric orbits\; has built-in support for all planet positions\; the moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Earth\; Mars' and Jupiter's central meridian longitude\; Saturn's rings\; and Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Homepage: http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/
Platform: darwin
Master Sites: http://97.74.56.125/free/
Checksums: md5 4e9290609f36df469a2ba5a1b4fffd46 sha1 ea5859614381099ca3e9bc28930fd913dfd44926 rmd160 96684e4b3afc445389ace82cbb200a0b7095852a
depends_lib lib:libXm:openmotif
worksrcdir ${distname}/GUI/xephem

Patch Files: patch-Makefile.diff

use_configure no
build.args MOTIFI=${prefix}/include MOTIFL=${prefix}/lib CC=${configure.cc}
build.target

destroot {
set share ${prefix}/share/xephem
set appdefaults ${prefix}/lib/X11/app-defaults
set bin ${prefix}/bin
set man1 ${prefix}/share/man/man1

xinstall -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/xephem ${destroot}${bin}

xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${man1}
xinstall -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/xephem.man ${destroot}${man1}/xephem.1

file mkdir ${destroot}${share}
file copy ${worksrcpath}/auxil ${worksrcpath}/catalogs ${worksrcpath}/fifos ${worksrcpath}/fits ${worksrcpath}/gallery ${worksrcpath}/help ${worksrcpath}/lo ${destroot}${share}

file mkdir ${destroot}${appdefaults}
system "echo XEphem.ShareDir: ${share} > ${destroot}${appdefaults}/XEphem"
}

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

--->  Staging xephem into destroot

--->  Installing xephem

- 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 xephem with these commands:

%  man xephem
%  apropos xephem
%  which xephem
%  locate xephem

 Where to find more information: