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View the most recent changes for the xbase port at: xbase.darwinports.com/diff
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xbase.
The raw portfile for xbase 2.0.0 is located here:
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# $Id: Portfile 30223 2007-10-22 22:46:02Z jmpp macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: xbase
Version: 2.0.0
Category: databases devel
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: XBase compatible C++ class library
Long Description: Xbase is an XBase compatible C++ class library. It provides C and C++ programmers with a cross-platform class and function library for manipulating Xbase type datafiles and indexes. There is support for .DBF and .NDX files (including support for Dbase III and IV memo fields, dates, and record and file locking), and limited support is also supplied for .NTX (clipper index) files.

Homepage: http://linux.techassocinc.com/projects/xdb/
master_sites sourceforge:xdb
checksums md5 9b29362031716a12491beb9f8cc882f2

configure.args --host=powerpc-apple-freebsd

platform i386 {
configure.args-delete --host=powerpc-apple-freebsd
configure.args-append --host=i686-apple-freebsd
}

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/xbase
%  sudo port install xbase  
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 xbase
--->  Verifying checksum for xbase
--->  Extracting xbase
--->  Configuring xbase
--->  Building xbase with target all

--->  Staging xbase into destroot

--->  Installing xbase

- 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 xbase with these commands:

%  man xbase
%  apropos xbase
%  which xbase
%  locate xbase

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