Mathomatic version 14.5.6 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 14.5.6

      View the most recent changes for the mathomatic port at: mathomatic.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for mathomatic.
      The raw portfile for mathomatic 14.5.6 is located here:
      http://mathomatic.darwinports.com/dports/math/mathomatic/Portfile
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      The mathomatic Portfile 59634 2009-10-18 11:35:01Z mww macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: mathomatic
      Version: 14.5.6
      Category: math
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: mww
      license GPLv2
      Description: small, portable symbolic math program
      Long Description: Mathomatic is a small, portable symbolic math program that can automatically solve, simplify, differentiate, combine, and compare algebraic equations, perform polynomial and complex arithmetic, etc.

      Homepage: http://mathomatic.orgserve.de/math/
      Master Sites: http://www.panix.com/~gesslein/
      Checksums: md5 0b7dc02e0a17f7a5b166ca2077f0a1ea sha1 d82a26ae1735e73d508596a4589eaa7f3f04271e rmd160 bc5d89e841c1d23fee4834a90c74f0174a5e9bf9
      use_bzip2 yes
      Patch Files: patch-makefile.diff

      depends_lib port:readline

      post-extract {
      xinstall -m 755 ${filespath}/configure ${worksrcpath}
      }

      configure.pre_args ${prefix}

      test.run yes

      destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix} mandir=${destroot}${prefix}/share/man docdir=${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://www.panix.com/~gesslein/?C=M\;O=D
      livecheck.regex ${name}-(\[0-9\\.\]+\[0-9\])\.


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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