Asymptote version 1.88 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.88

      View the most recent changes for the asymptote port at: asymptote.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for asymptote.
      The raw portfile for asymptote 1.88 is located here:
      http://asymptote.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/asymptote/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:ft=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The asymptote Portfile 58765 2009-10-05 01:09:41Z jmr macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: asymptote
      Version: 1.88
      Category: graphics
      Maintainers: gmail.com:loshea
      Description: a vector graphics language
      Long Description: Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawing. Labels and equations are typeset with LaTeX, for high-quality PostScript output.
      Homepage: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net
      Platform: darwin
      configure.args --with-latex=${prefix}/share/texmf-local/tex/latex --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      extract.suffix .src.tgz
      Checksums: md5 6b3e32747e52b3af533a149bb0131b10 sha1 2062d6c76ae946347668d61cd320ad52f93e1a7c rmd160 3c880d59121d99ec2b1fb4dacfd3fe30dd96525d
      depends_lib port:readline port:texlive port:ghostscript port:fftw-3 port:gsl port:libsigsegv port:ncurses port:boehmgc

      post-activate {
      # run `mktexlsr` to make sure the asymptote files are found:
      system "mktexlsr"
      }

    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/asymptote
      % sudo port install asymptote
      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 asymptote
      ---> Verifying checksum for asymptote
      ---> Extracting asymptote
      ---> Configuring asymptote
      ---> Building asymptote with target all
      ---> Staging asymptote into destroot
      ---> Installing asymptote
    - 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 asymptote with these commands:
      %  man asymptote
      % apropos asymptote
      % which asymptote
      % locate asymptote

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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