Dzip version 2.9 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.9

      View the most recent changes for the dzip port at: dzip.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for dzip.
      The raw portfile for dzip 2.9 is located here:
      http://dzip.darwinports.com/dports/archivers/dzip/Portfile
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      The dzip Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: dzip
      Version: 2.9
      Category: archivers
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: file compression tool

      Long Description: Dzip is a program for file compression. Its advantage over more popular compression software is in the size of the program, easily fitting on a floppy disk. Dzip's original purpose was to compress demo recordings of the id software game Quake.

      Homepage: http://speeddemosarchive.com/dzip/
      Master Sites: ${homepage}
      distname dz[strsed ${version} {/\.//}]src
      use_zip yes

      Checksums: md5 b02d69c7c6ee491380d77f26c6f5a6e0 sha1 64e7b0d07c55aaa22bbcf04066135b5a9968e5ee rmd160 4719785c312a577eb7b1aacad43a24b6fd8a4ed2

      extract.mkdir yes
      post-extract {
      # Convert DOS to UNIX line endings so we can patch
      reinplace "s|\r||g" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.linux
      }

      Patch Files: patch-Makefile.linux.diff

      use_configure no

      build.target ${name}
      build.args -f Makefile.linux
      build.env CC=${configure.cc}

      destroot {
      xinstall ${worksrcpath}/dzip ${destroot}${prefix}/bin

      set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${docdir}
      xinstall -m 0644 ${worksrcpath}/Readme ${destroot}${docdir}
      }

      Variant: universal {
      build.args-append "LDFLAGS=\"${configure.universal_ldflags}\""

      post-patch {
      reinplace -E "s|^(CFLAGS.*)\r\$|\\1 ${configure.universal_cflags}|" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile.linux
      }
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}download.html
      livecheck.regex v(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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