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View the most recent changes for the minicom port at: minicom.darwinports.com/diff
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for minicom.
The raw portfile for minicom 2.3 is located here:
http://minicom.darwinports.com/dports/comms/minicom/Portfile
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# $Id: Portfile 36191 2008-04-22 02:26:20Z waqar macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: minicom
Version: 2.3
Category: comms
Maintainers: waqar macports.org
Platform: darwin
Description: Menu driven communications program
Long Description: Minicom is a menu driven communications program. It emulates ANSI and VT102 terminals. It has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download.
Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom
master_sites http://alioth.debian.org/download.php/2332
checksums md5 0ebe7a91898384ca906787cc4e2c3f25 sha1 407c4898a882f14639f30b394805382df0585b50
depends_run port:lrzsz port:kermit

configure.args --enable-dfl-port=/dev/cu.modem --enable-lock-dir=${prefix}/var --infodir=${prefix}/share/info --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

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

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

--->  Staging minicom into destroot

--->  Installing minicom

- 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 minicom with these commands:

%  man minicom
%  apropos minicom
%  which minicom
%  locate minicom

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