Gocr version 0.46 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 0.46

      View the most recent changes for the gocr port at: gocr.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for gocr.
      The raw portfile for gocr 0.46 is located here:
      http://gocr.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/gocr/Portfile
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      The gocr Portfile 42396 2008-11-20 18:04:42Z simon macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: gocr
      Version: 0.46
      Category: graphics
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: simon openmaintainer
      Description: Optical Character Recognition, converts images back to text
      Long Description: GOCR is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program. It converts scanned images of text back to text files.

      Homepage: http://jocr.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge:jocr
      Checksums: md5 95a1c820d0320129ce2bedbf9e68037d sha1 eb1ff70f490d121c54ce612da043dcf52aae0601 rmd160 0f61fc05015b945d471c039e38497c3b9d550dac

      depends_build port:netpbm

      configure.args --mandir=/share/man

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

      post-destroot {
      xinstall -d -m 0755 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 0644 -W ${worksrcpath} README REMARK.txt AUTHORS CREDITS HISTORY BUGS TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}

      file copy ${worksrcpath}/examples ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      file copy ${worksrcpath}/doc ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }

      livecheck.name jocr
      livecheck.distname gocr

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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