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Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for setiathome.
The raw portfile for setiathome 3.03 is located here:
http://setiathome.darwinports.com/dports/science/setiathome/Portfile
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# $Id: Portfile 30251 2007-10-23 02:18:30Z jmpp macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: setiathome
Version: 3.03
Category: science
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Homepage: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Description: UNIX version of the Seti home client

Long Description: setiathome is the UNIX version of the SETI home client. It downloads radio telescope data from a network server, analyzes the data looking for signals of extraterrestrial origin, and uploads results to the server, repeating this cycle indefinitely.

master_sites ftp://alien.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/
checksums md5 40c17734b40d2c47aad3a82e1b7ffc18

distname ${name}-${version}.powerpc-apple-darwin1.2

extract.suffix .tar
extract.cmd tar
extract.pre_args -xf

patchfiles patch-README.diff

configure {}
build {}

pre-destroot { system "mv ${worksrcpath}/README ${worksrcpath}/${name}.1" }

destroot { file mkdir ${destroot}${prefix}/libexec/${name}
file mkdir ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
file copy ${worksrcpath}/setiathome ${destroot}${prefix}/libexec/${name}
file copy ${worksrcpath}/${name}.1 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
}

# Notify the user where is the binary
post-install { ui_msg "\n###################################"
ui_msg "${name} has been installed into:\n"
ui_msg "${prefix}/libexec/${name}\n"
ui_msg "as ${name} creates a bunch of"
ui_msg "*.sah files.\n"
ui_msg "So you should launch it within that"
ui_msg "directory.\n"
ui_msg "###################################\n"
}

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

--->  Staging setiathome into destroot

--->  Installing setiathome

- 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 setiathome with these commands:

%  man setiathome
%  apropos setiathome
%  which setiathome
%  locate setiathome

 Where to find more information: