Ent version 20080128 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 20080128

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      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for ent.
      The raw portfile for ent 20080128 is located here:
      http://ent.darwinports.com/dports/math/ent/Portfile
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      The ent Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: ent
      Version: 20080128
      Category: math security
      Maintainers: blb
      Description: Entropy calculator
      Long Description: ent applies various tests to sequences of bytes stored in files and reports the results of those tests. The program is useful for those evaluating pseudorandom number generators for encryption and statistical sampling applications, compression algorithms, and other applications where the information density of a file is of interest.

      Platform: darwin

      Homepage: http://www.fourmilab.ch/random/
      Master Sites: ${homepage}
      distname random
      dist_subdir ${name}/${version}
      use_zip yes
      worksrcdir ent

      Checksums: md5 8104a83af1ea5b280da96c92da18eae4 sha1 0f2f12dc67d1f02f77776709cf5fc5eee1d1b2e2 rmd160 b21b8401fdbd2aac189fe4a442a1164b172407f8

      pre-extract {
      extract.post_args "-d ${worksrcpath}"
      }

      post-extract {
      reinplace "s|^CFLAGS = |CFLAGS = -O3 |" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile
      }

      use_configure no

      build.target ent

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/bin ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 755 -W ${worksrcpath} ent ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} ent.html entitle.gif ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }

      universal_variant no

      livecheck.type none


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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