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The py25-mecab Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup python25 1.0
Name: py25-mecab
Version: 0.96

Platform: darwin
Maintainers: gmail.com:rsky0711
Description: a Python module for MeCab
Long Description: ${description}

Homepage: http://mecab.sourceforge.net/
Master Sites: sourceforge:mecab
distname mecab-python-${version}
Checksums: md5 5faa154aa8a95145d6a58befa42e6c40 sha1 53089465107a3b45b0b31a8bd69f654ea561a200 rmd160 1f62a74d1673867a611de0ce9181ef011df67e46

Patch Files: patch-test.py
patch.pre_args -p0

Category:-append textproc japanese
depends_lib-append port:mecab

post-patch {
reinplace s|%PREFIX%/bin/python|${python.bin}|g ${worksrcpath}/test.py
}

post-destroot {
xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/examples
xinstall -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/test.py ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/examples
}

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/py25-mecab
%  sudo port install py25-mecab  
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 py25-mecab
--->  Verifying checksum for py25-mecab
--->  Extracting py25-mecab
--->  Configuring py25-mecab
--->  Building py25-mecab with target all

--->  Staging py25-mecab into destroot

--->  Installing py25-mecab

- 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 py25-mecab with these commands:

%  man py25-mecab
%  apropos py25-mecab
%  which py25-mecab
%  locate py25-mecab

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