Jmol version 11.6.17 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Sunday the 22nd of November, 2009

    version 11.6.17

      View the most recent changes for the jmol port at: jmol.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for jmol.
      The raw portfile for jmol 11.6.17 is located here:
      http://jmol.darwinports.com/dports/science/jmol/Portfile
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      The jmol Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: jmol
      Version: 11.6.17
      Category: science
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: simon openmaintainer
      Description: An open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D
      Long Description: Jmol is a free, open source molecule viewer for students, educators, and researchers in chemistry and biochemistry. This port only installs the Jmol application, not the applet or developer version. If you want to use it, please download it from the Jmol homepage.

      Homepage: http://jmol.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge

      distname ${name}-${version}-binary
      Checksums: md5 599b34d7fab9f64277f3bd952775718c sha1 64214ce1f4ccbc6cec860aedcb7022bcf60a8ec5 rmd160 bf364b2f5770fab424abf057e7f078c95f9feb16
      worksrcdir ${name}-${version}

      depends_run bin:java:kaffe

      use_configure no

      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|/usr/share/jmol/|${prefix}/share/java/jmol/|g" ${worksrcpath}/jmol
      }

      build {}

      destroot {
      # install the jmol script:
      xinstall ${worksrcpath}/jmol ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      # install the jmol java files:
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/java/jmol
      foreach jar [glob ${worksrcpath}/*.jar] {
      xinstall $jar ${destroot}${prefix}/share/java/jmol
      }
      # install doc files:
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/jmol-${version}
      foreach doc {CHANGES.txt COPYRIGHT.txt LEAME.txt LICENSE.txt README.txt} {
      xinstall ${worksrcpath}/$doc ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/jmol-${version}
      }
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23629
      livecheck.regex {Version (\d+[0-9a-zA-Z.]+)}

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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