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The raw portfile for py-libxml2 2.6.21 is located here:
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# -*- Mode: Tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
The py-libxml2 Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup python24 1.0

Name: py-libxml2
Version: 2.6.21
Category: python textproc
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: sfiera openmaintainer
Description: Python bindings for libxml2
Long Description: ${description}

Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org/
Master Sites: ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/python/
distname libxml2-python-${version}
Checksums: md5 229dd2b3d110a77defeeaa73af83f7f3
Patch Files: patch-setup.py.diff

depends_lib-append port:libxml2 port:zlib

build.env LDFLAGS=-L${prefix}/lib

post-patch {
reinplace "s| PREFIX |$prefix|" ${worksrcpath}/setup.py
}

post-destroot {
# strip out anything related to libxslt, so py-libxml2 doesn't conflict with
# py-libxslt
fs-traverse file ${destroot} {
if {[file isfile ${file}]} {
if {[string match "*xslt*" ${file}]} {
file delete ${file}
}
}
}
xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} README TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
}

livecheck.type md5
livecheck.url ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/python/
livecheck.md5 a2cc31311f1b3fb52a08cf1056efda11

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/py-libxml2
%  sudo port install py-libxml2  
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 py-libxml2
--->  Verifying checksum for py-libxml2
--->  Extracting py-libxml2
--->  Configuring py-libxml2
--->  Building py-libxml2 with target all

--->  Staging py-libxml2 into destroot

--->  Installing py-libxml2

- 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 py-libxml2 with these commands:

%  man py-libxml2
%  apropos py-libxml2
%  which py-libxml2
%  locate py-libxml2

 Where to find more information: