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The raw portfile for octave-ga 0.9.7 is located here:
http://octave-ga.darwinports.com/dports/math/octave-ga/Portfile
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The octave-ga Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: octave-ga
Version: 0.9.7
Category: math science
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: and.damore alakazam
Description: Genetic optimization code
Long Description: ${description}

Homepage: http://octave.sourceforge.net/
Master Sites: sourceforge:octave

distname ga-$version

Checksums: md5 4dc07aedf067fdefbb4bf845375c2715 sha1 f05be56a1a91b514025b31cd8739370698571ca5 rmd160 a232210c86d11d09cec0872853b3b479a156da8d

depends_lib-append port:octave port:octave-miscellaneous

post-destroot {
move ${destroot}${prefix}/share/octave/octave_packages ${destroot}${prefix}/share/octave/octave_packages_${name}
}

post-activate {
system "octave --eval \"pkg rebuild\""
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.html
livecheck.regex http://downloads\.sourceforge\.net/octave/ga-(\\d+(\\.\\d+)*)\.tar\.gz

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

--->  Staging octave-ga into destroot

--->  Installing octave-ga

- 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 octave-ga with these commands:

%  man octave-ga
%  apropos octave-ga
%  which octave-ga
%  locate octave-ga

 Where to find more information: