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The raw portfile for nvi 1.81.6 is located here:
http://nvi.darwinports.com/dports/editors/nvi/Portfile
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The nvi Portfile 57667 2009-09-14 18:43:58Z toby macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: nvi
Version: 1.81.6
Revision: 1
Category: editors
Maintainers: toby
Description: A vi/ex clone

Long Description: Nvi is an implementation of the ex/vi text editor originally distributed as part of the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution (4BSD), by the University of California, Berkeley.

Homepage: http://www.bostic.com/vi/
Platform: darwin
Master Sites: http://www.kotnet.org/~skimo/nvi/devel/
Checksums: md5 88d1e23115ee9f2961186b62e55f5704
use_bzip2 yes
worksrcdir ${name}-${version}/dist

set my_db_version db47

depends_lib port:ncurses port:${my_db_version}

Patch Files: patch-common__db.h patch-common__key.h patch-dist__port.h.in patch-ex_script.c.diff

configure.args --program-prefix=n --without-x --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

configure.cppflags-append -I${prefix}/include/${my_db_version}
configure.ldflags-append -L${prefix}/lib/${my_db_version}

Variant: x11 {
configure.args-delete --without-x
configure.args-append --with-x
}

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

--->  Staging nvi into destroot

--->  Installing nvi

- 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 nvi with these commands:

%  man nvi
%  apropos nvi
%  which nvi
%  locate nvi

 Where to find more information: