Aria2 version 1.6.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 1.6.2

      View the most recent changes for the aria2 port at: aria2.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for aria2.
      The raw portfile for aria2 1.6.2 is located here:
      http://aria2.darwinports.com/dports/net/aria2/Portfile
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      The aria2 Portfile 59628 2009-10-18 10:33:06Z mww macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: aria2
      Version: 1.6.2
      Category: net
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: mww
      Description: download utility with resuming and segmented downloading
      Long Description: aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading. Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent.

      Homepage: http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: md5 aa94152c01a11e75b77a6be6c15e81ff sha1 63255ddcd12021a2e4828694bf2e8ce9ee2b21a5 rmd160 e1b6426cbc90d19039d36c7b599ce90531fffb2a
      use_bzip2 yes

      depends_lib port:gettext port:libiconv port:gnutls port:libxml2

      configure.cxxflags-append "-I${prefix}/include/libxml2"
      configure.args --with-gnutls --with-gnutls-prefix=${prefix} --with-libiconv-prefix=${prefix} --with-libintl-prefix=${prefix} --with-xml-prefix=${prefix}

      post-destroot { file delete -force "${destroot}${prefix}/lib/charset.alias" }

      livecheck.type freshmeat

    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/aria2
      % sudo port install aria2
      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 aria2
      ---> Verifying checksum for aria2
      ---> Extracting aria2
      ---> Configuring aria2
      ---> Building aria2 with target all
      ---> Staging aria2 into destroot
      ---> Installing aria2
    - 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 aria2 with these commands:
      %  man aria2
      % apropos aria2
      % which aria2
      % locate aria2

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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