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The deb2targz Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: deb2targz
Version: 20021217
Revision: 1
Category: archivers
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: converts .deb packages to .tar.gz archives

Long Description: deb2targz is a very small perl script for converting Debian Linux style .deb packages to a friendly .tar.gz. deb2targz does not need any external programs like ar or tar.

Homepage: http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/deb/
Master Sites: http://critical.ch/distfiles/ freebsd

Checksums: md5 faa652c6447bd04ebb89d5d23c54f9a3 sha1 db159f5c5f46805554361eca55d123b68f8b5c3d rmd160 5869859e592df664602e54df4d1d596e1fda2ac9

depends_run path:bin/perl:perl5

post-patch {
reinplace "s|#!/usr/bin/perl -w|#!${prefix}/bin/perl -w|g" ${worksrcpath}/deb2targz
}

use_configure no

build {}

destroot {
xinstall -m 0755 ${worksrcpath}/deb2targz ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
}

universal_variant no

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/deb2targz
%  sudo port install deb2targz  
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 deb2targz
--->  Verifying checksum for deb2targz
--->  Extracting deb2targz
--->  Configuring deb2targz
--->  Building deb2targz with target all

--->  Staging deb2targz into destroot

--->  Installing deb2targz

- 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 deb2targz with these commands:

%  man deb2targz
%  apropos deb2targz
%  which deb2targz
%  locate deb2targz

 Where to find more information: