Foremost version 1.5.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.5.4

      View the most recent changes for the foremost port at: foremost.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for foremost.
      The raw portfile for foremost 1.5.4 is located here:
      http://foremost.darwinports.com/dports/sysutils/foremost/Portfile
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      The foremost Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: foremost
      Version: 1.5.4
      Category: sysutils
      Maintainers: hudora.de:md
      Platform: darwin
      Description: a console program to recover files based on their headers and footers.
      Long Description: Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers and footers. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. The headers and footers are specified by a configuration file, so you can pick and choose which headers you want to look for.
      Homepage: http://foremost.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: ${homepage}pkg/
      Checksums: md5 55395b1fef1039a88e02d81682347f6d sha1 af075ea068bf1a83d7b37852dd7c60308e46f5de rmd160 34a490742f7b112d72e1075351fa93d9511da995

      use_configure no

      platform darwin {
      build.target mac
      destroot.args BIN=${destroot}${prefix}/bin MAN=${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1 CONF=${destroot}${prefix}/etc
      }

      post-destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} README CHANGES ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      move ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/foremost.conf ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/foremost.conf.sample
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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