Mathomatic version 14.6.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 14.6.2

      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 14.6.2 is located here:
      http://mathomatic.darwinports.com/dports/math/mathomatic/Portfile
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      The mathomatic Portfile 60782 2009-11-23 14:49:28Z mww macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: mathomatic
      Version: 14.6.2
      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 6b6a8509a80c5a841950c49d1be0b170 sha1 9c663f641f99bfb2cc19bf3be6abe233360ee2c9 rmd160 67dd35221ce794667377b6dbe6701dbffc652647
      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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