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http://docbook-xsl.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/docbook-xsl/Portfile
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The docbook-xsl Portfile 55604 2009-08-14 16:16:46Z devans macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: docbook-xsl
Version: 1.75.2
Category: textproc
Description: The docbook xsl stylesheets
Long Description: The DocBook XSL stylesheets are the official stylesheets for transforming DocBook XML documents into other document formats via XSLT.
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: boeyms openmaintainer
Master Sites: sourceforge:docbook
Homepage: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/
depends_run port:xmlcatmgr

use_bzip2 yes

Checksums: [suffix $distname] md5 0c76a58a8e6cb5ab49f819e79917308f sha1 cd146012c07f3c2c79c1cd927ad1faf5bee6cc74 rmd160 2e297bd1ce0d480b6f8ea03846a8f8c0100b72dd [suffix $name-doc-$version] md5 0a59c4c1796683fca32881c221df0b16 sha1 2befba14b0cfe748dec4bc8b7b891cbb2f394767 rmd160 d67aeeb3e84e7b55f6d60cf3bd5b84fab83ce2fe

use_configure no
universal_variant no
build {}
set srcxslpaths "catalog.xml common eclipse extensions fo highlighting html htmlhelp images javahelp lib manpages params profiling roundtrip slides template tools xhtml VERSION"
set srcdocpaths "BUGS README RELEASE-NOTES.html RELEASE-NOTES.xml TODO VERSION NEWS COPYING"
set instxsldir "share/xsl/${name}"
set instdocdir "share/doc/${name}"

destroot {
foreach pathname "${instxsldir} ${instdocdir}" {
xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/${pathname}
}
foreach pathname ${srcxslpaths} {
copy ${worksrcpath}/${pathname} ${destroot}${prefix}/${instxsldir}
}
foreach pathname ${srcdocpaths} {
copy ${worksrcpath}/${pathname} ${destroot}${prefix}/${instdocdir}
}
}
post-activate {
# xmlcatmgr as installed by MacPorts defaults to using
# ${prefix}/etc/xml/docbook (for XML) and ${prefix}/etc/xml/docbook (for
# SGML) if no catalog is specified, but we'll specify the path just in case
# users have another installation of xmlcatmgr and happen to have it before
# ${prefix}/bin in their PATH.
set catalog.xml ${prefix}/etc/xml/catalog

# Make the directory if it doesn't exist
if {![file exists ${prefix}/etc/xml]} {
xinstall -m 755 -d ${prefix}/etc/xml
}

# Create the catalog file if it doesn't exist
if {![file exists ${catalog.xml}]} {
system "xmlcatmgr create -c ${catalog.xml}"
}

# Add the nextCatalog entry to the catalog if it doesn't exist
if {[catch {exec xmlcatmgr lookup ${prefix}/${instxsldir}/catalog.xml}]} {
system "xmlcatmgr add nextCatalog ${prefix}/${instxsldir}/catalog.xml"
}

# Once MacPorts does get a post-deactivate hook, this should change to
# auto-detect whether or not the user's installed version has the hook, and
# only print the message if it doesn't.
ui_msg "######################################################################"
ui_msg "# As MacPorts does not currently have a post-deactivate hook, \n# you will need to ensure that you manually remove the catalog \n# entry for this port when you uninstall it. To do so, run \n# \"xmlcatmgr remove nextCatalog ${prefix}/${instxsldir}/catalog.xml\"."
ui_msg "######################################################################"
}

# This will remove the catalog entry for this port once a post-deactivate hook
# has been implemented.
#post-deactivate {
# system "xmlcatmgr remove nextCatalog ${prefix}/${instdir}/catalog.xml"
#}

Variant: doc description {Install full DocBook XSL documentation} {
distfiles-append [suffix ${name}-doc-${version}]
lappend srcdocpaths doc
}

livecheck.distname ${name}

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/docbook-xsl
%  sudo port install docbook-xsl  
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 docbook-xsl
--->  Verifying checksum for docbook-xsl
--->  Extracting docbook-xsl
--->  Configuring docbook-xsl
--->  Building docbook-xsl with target all

--->  Staging docbook-xsl into destroot

--->  Installing docbook-xsl

- 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 docbook-xsl with these commands:

%  man docbook-xsl
%  apropos docbook-xsl
%  which docbook-xsl
%  locate docbook-xsl

 Where to find more information: