Remind version 03.01.06 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 19th of March, 2010

    version 03.01.06

      View the most recent changes for the remind port at: remind.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for remind.
      The raw portfile for remind 03.01.06 is located here:
      http://remind.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/remind/Portfile
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      The remind Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: remind
      Version: 03.01.06
      Category: textproc pim
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: eridius
      Description: Remind is a sophisticated calendar and alarm program.
      Long Description: Remind is a sophisticated calendar and alarm service for UNIX. It is a command line application which interacts well with other programs. Remind offers a specialized scripting language which can be used to express rather complicated scheduling methods in just a few lines.

      Homepage: http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/openSourceProducts/remind
      Master Sites: http://www.roaringpenguin.com/files/download/
      Checksums: md5 65e5052ebdeeb31689bc68e7854150d5 sha1 ede286bed901c140ccf27c1700682e18a10326cd rmd160 179f7a3212d351fe62eb73aae980fc578cd39d35

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.regex "remind-(.*?).tar.gz"

      configure.args --mandir=\\\${prefix}/share/man

      destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix}

      post-destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}/${prefix}/share/${name}/
      file copy ${worksrcpath}/examples ${destroot}/${prefix}/share/${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/remind
      % sudo port install remind
      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 remind
      ---> Verifying checksum for remind
      ---> Extracting remind
      ---> Configuring remind
      ---> Building remind with target all
      ---> Staging remind into destroot
      ---> Installing remind
    - 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 remind with these commands:
      %  man remind
      % apropos remind
      % which remind
      % locate remind

     Where to find more information:

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