Download and Install ddrescue version 1.8 on Mac OS X
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      # $Id: Portfile 34479 2008-02-26 18:21:44Z ecronin macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: ddrescue
      Version: 1.8
      revision 1
      Category: sysutils
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: ecronin raimue
      Description: GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool.

      Long Description: ${description} It copies data from one file or block device (hard disc, cdrom, etc) to another, trying hard to rescue data in case of read errors.

      Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
      master_sites gnu:ddrescue

      checksums md5 51451893ea96a5f9943523743a6a35ae sha1 eefe5aaf47fd3e854d74f4877caf29110e3e88f6 rmd160 41d91d2e6bbc59e35295c6e141198bcbeaf9ca75

      use_bzip2 yes

      destroot.target-append install-man

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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