Bing version 1.0.5 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.0.5

      View the most recent changes for the bing port at: bing.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for bing.
      The raw portfile for bing 1.0.5 is located here:
      http://bing.darwinports.com/dports/net/bing/Portfile
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      The bing Portfile 38318 2008-07-15 14:21:27Z jmr macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: bing
      Version: 1.0.5
      Category: net
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Homepage: http://www.freenix.fr/freenix/logiciels/bing.html
      Description: Bandwidth measurement tool

      Long Description: Bing is a point-to-point bandwidth measurement tool (hence the 'b'), based on ping. Bing determines the real (raw, as opposed to available or average) throughput on a link by measuring ICMP echo requests roundtrip times for different packet sizes for each end of the link.

      Master Sites: freebsd
      Checksums: md5 6ff7c1c2f3586935ed69cbe2deb4f95b

      use_configure no

      destroot { xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/sbin
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man8
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -v -m 4555 ${worksrcpath}/bing ${destroot}${prefix}/sbin
      xinstall -v -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/bing.8 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man8
      xinstall -v -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} ChangeLog README ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}/
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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