Xplanet version 1.2.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.2.0

      View the most recent changes for the xplanet port at: xplanet.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xplanet.
      The raw portfile for xplanet 1.2.0 is located here:
      http://xplanet.darwinports.com/dports/x11/xplanet/Portfile
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      The xplanet Portfile 45603 2009-01-18 20:52:41Z jeremyhu macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: xplanet
      Version: 1.2.0
      Revision: 3
      Category: x11 graphics
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Render an image of a planet into an X window or file
      Long Description: Xplanet is similar to Xearth, where an image of the earth is rendered into an X window. All of the major planets and most satellites can be drawn. A number of different map projections are also supported, including azimuthal, Mercator, Mollweide, orthographic, and rectangular.

      Platform: darwin

      Homepage: http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge

      Checksums: md5 87d62fcdf43ad1beec677bfb6e299ac1

      depends_lib port:xorg-libXScrnSaver port:fontconfig port:libpng port:jpeg port:tiff

      configure.args --with-x --with-xscreensaver --without-gif --with-jpeg --with-png --with-tiff --without-freetype --without-pango --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

      post-destroot {
      set docdir ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
      xinstall -d ${docdir}
      xinstall -W ${worksrcpath} AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README TODO ${docdir}
      }

      Variant: freetype description "Enable Freetype support for TrueType fonts" {
      configure.args-delete --without-freetype
      configure.args-append --with-freetype
      depends_lib-append port:freetype
      }

      Variant: gif description "Enable GIF support" {
      configure.args-delete --without-gif
      configure.args-append --with-gif
      depends_lib-append path:include/gif_lib.h:giflib
      }

      Variant: pango description "Enable Pango" {
      configure.args-delete --without-pango
      configure.args-append --with-pango
      depends_lib-append path:lib/pkgconfig/pango.pc:pango
      }

      Variant: aqua description "Use aqua instead of X11" {
      depends_lib-delete port:xorg-libXScrnSaver
      configure.args-delete --with-x --with-xscreensaver
      configure.args-append --without-x --with-aqua
      }

      Variant: pnm description "Enable PNM support" {
      depends_lib-append lib:libnetpbm.10:netpbm
      }


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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