Xfig version 3.2.5 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Sunday the 21st of March, 2010

    version 3.2.5

      View the most recent changes for the xfig port at: xfig.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xfig.
      The raw portfile for xfig 3.2.5 is located here:
      http://xfig.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/xfig/Portfile
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      The xfig Portfile 57382 2009-09-10 09:42:07Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: xfig
      Version: 3.2.5
      Revision: 6
      Category: graphics x11
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Facility for Interactive Generation of figures under X11
      Long Description: Xfig is a menu-driven tool that allows the user to draw and manipulate objects interactively in an X window. The resulting pictures can be saved, printed on PostScript printers or converted to a variety of other formats (e.g. to allow inclusion in LaTeX documents).
      Homepage: http://xfig.org/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: sourceforge:mcj
      distname ${name}.${version}
      distfiles ${distname}.full${extract.suffix}
      Checksums: md5 fae0c67a3951bd41c057deb63b6aa47a sha1 ce09d1a74dbddf0bc6b20fe9c558db584fbfed17 rmd160 0d5ada9e4b7f1dbd8dab8a09fd5946ec0211904c
      depends_lib port:Xaw3d port:libpng port:jpeg port:zlib
      depends_run bin:gs:ghostscript bin:fig2dev:transfig
      use_xmkmf yes
      xmkmf.args-append -DUseSeparateConfDir=NO -DBuildHtmlManPages=NO
      Patch Files: patch-Imakefile.diff patch-fig.h patch-f_util.c patch-w_keyboard.c patch-w_library.c

      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|__PREFIX|${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Imakefile
      reinplace "s|__DESTROOT|${destroot}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Imakefile
      }
      destroot.target install.all install.man

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.regex {>Xfig/Transfig (.*) Download}

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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