Download and Install asymptote version 1.40 on Mac OS X
Wednesday the 23rd of July, 2008

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      http://asymptote.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/asymptote/Portfile
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      # $Id: Portfile 32896 2008-01-14 17:03:58Z simon macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: asymptote
      Version: 1.40
      Category: graphics
      Maintainers: loshea gmail.com
      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
      distfiles ${distname}.src.tgz:main gc-7.0.tar.gz:gc
      master_sites sourceforge::main http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source:gc
      checksums ${distname}.src.tgz md5 157b1902766b363bf0d74d059f490861 gc-7.0.tar.gz md5 3645ccf5f32ebb27d99b27b0d29e9c38
      depends_lib port:readline port:texlive port:ghostscript port:fftw-3 port:gsl port:libsigsegv port:ncurses
      extract.only ${distname}.src.tgz

      post-extract {
      file copy ${distpath}/gc-7.0.tar.gz ${worksrcpath}
      }

      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:

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