Rasmol version 2.7.1.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.7.1.1

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      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for rasmol.
      The raw portfile for rasmol 2.7.1.1 is located here:
      http://rasmol.darwinports.com/dports/science/rasmol/Portfile
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      The rasmol Portfile 57332 2009-09-09 20:22:03Z blb macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: rasmol
      Version: 2.7.1.1
      Revision: 3
      Description: Molecular graphics visualisation tool
      Category: science graphics
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      distname RasMol_${version}
      Master Sites: http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software/
      Checksums: md5 0d5c99eeda079d8cbf413944d284740b
      depends_build port:imake
      depends_lib port:xorg-libXi
      Patch Files: patch-Imakefile.diff
      post-patch { reinplace "s| PREFIX |${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Imakefile }
      worksrcdir ${distname}/src
      configure.cmd xmkmf
      configure.pre_args
      build.target rasmol
      destroot { xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
      xinstall -W ${workpath}/${distname} doc/rasmol.1.gz ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
      xinstall -W ${workpath}/${distname} src/rasmol ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/rasmol
      xinstall -W ${workpath}/${distname} doc/rasmol.hlp ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/rasmol
      file copy ${workpath}/${distname}/data ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/rasmol
      }

      Long Description: RasMol is a molecular graphics program intended for the visualisation of proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules. The program is aimed at display, teaching and generation of publication quality images.

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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