Man2html version 3.0.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    man2html  most recent diff


    version 3.0.1

      View the most recent changes for the man2html port at: man2html.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for man2html.
      The raw portfile for man2html 3.0.1 is located here:
      http://man2html.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/man2html/Portfile
      Find related portfiles with the unique DarwinPorts.com search feature.
      Check for any related Fink projects here: pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/man2html


      The man2html Portfile 56184 2009-08-25 06:11:10Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: man2html
      Version: 3.0.1
      Revision: 1
      Category: textproc
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Convert nroff man pages to HTML
      Homepage: http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/man2html.html
      Platform: darwin

      Long Description: man2html is a utility to convert UNIX nroff manual pages into HTML format.

      Master Sites: http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/tar/ ftp://ftp.gpad.ac.ru/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ http://soupnazi.org/OSX/dports/distfiles/

      distname ${name}${version}
      Checksums: md5 1c0d28c83225d0ebc845f2386c8f8384

      Patch Files: patch-man.cgi

      use_configure no

      post-configure { reinplace "s|/usr/local/bin/perl|/usr/bin/perl|" ${worksrcpath}/man2html
      reinplace "s|/usr/local/bin/perl|/usr/bin/perl|" ${worksrcpath}/man.cgi }

      build {}

      destroot { xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/bin ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1 ${destroot}${prefix}/www/cgi-bin
      xinstall -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/man2html ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/doc/man2html.1 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
      xinstall -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/man.cgi ${destroot}${prefix}/www/cgi-bin }

    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/man2html
      % sudo port install man2html
      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 man2html
      ---> Verifying checksum for man2html
      ---> Extracting man2html
      ---> Configuring man2html
      ---> Building man2html with target all
      ---> Staging man2html into destroot
      ---> Installing man2html
    - 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 man2html with these commands:
      %  man man2html
      % apropos man2html
      % which man2html
      % locate man2html

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



    Lightbox this page.