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# $Id: Portfile 33803 2008-02-05 15:27:46Z boeyms macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: cabextract
Version: 1.2
Category: archivers compression sysutils
Maintainers: boeyms openmaintainer
Description: Extract files from Microsoft cabinet files
Long Description: cabextract can extract Microsoft cabinet files, also called .CAB files, on *nix systems. cabextract supports all special features and all compression formats of Microsoft cabinet files.

Platform: darwin

Homepage: http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
master_sites ${homepage}

checksums md5 dc421a690648b503265c82ade84e143e sha1 871b3db4bc2629eb5726659c147aecea1af6a6d0 rmd160 55292e287047b14945e69b0be8ab9ff1d4902f71

configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

post-destroot {
xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
}

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

--->  Staging cabextract into destroot

--->  Installing cabextract

- 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 cabextract with these commands:

%  man cabextract
%  apropos cabextract
%  which cabextract
%  locate cabextract

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