Pdksh version 5.2.14 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 5.2.14

      View the most recent changes for the pdksh port at: pdksh.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for pdksh.
      The raw portfile for pdksh 5.2.14 is located here:
      http://pdksh.darwinports.com/dports/shells/pdksh/Portfile
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      The pdksh Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: pdksh
      Version: 5.2.14
      Category: shells
      Maintainers: wilcoxd.com:rwilcox
      Description: A Public Domain clone of ksh
      Long Description: At the moment, it has most of the ksh88 features, not much of the ksh93 features, and a number of its own features. pdksh was initially created by Eric Gisin using Charles Forsyth's public domain V7 shell as a base as well as parts of the BRL shell. Since then a number of people have maintained and contributed to it
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh/
      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/utils/shells/pdk ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/unix/shells/pdksh/ ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/shells/pdksh/
      Checksums: md5 871106b3bd937e1afba9f2ef7c43aef3
      configure.args --infodir=${prefix}/share/info --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
      destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix}
      Patch Files: patch-siglist.sh.diff

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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