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The gnustep-back Portfile 53602 2009-07-09 16:14:40Z and.damore macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup gnustep 1.0

Name: gnustep-back
version 0.17.0
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer

Description: A back-end component for the GNUstep GUI Library.
Long Description: The implementation of the GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts. The first part is the front-end component which is independent of platform and display system. This front-end is combined with a back-end component which handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to the X Window System.

depends_lib port:gnustep-gui port:libart_lgpl port:Xft2

Checksums: md5 314c753ae922082345cf3a288440fa5a sha1 04059fc2da1c767be5a1a8c57915b9e1a7bc3a08 rmd160 b17eef44a252785adb955fee911711ce23d04031

use_configure yes
configure.args --enable-graphics=art --disable-glitz --disable-glx

post-install {
ui_msg "
In order to have a working GNUstep environment,
copy these lines at the top of your ~/.xinitrc file :"
if {[file exists ${prefix}/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh]} {
ui_msg ". ${prefix}/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh"
}
ui_msg "
gdnc
gpbs
make_services

For more information on setting the GNUstep environment, see
http://gnustep.made-it.com/BuildGuide/#CONFIG.GNUSTEP"
}

platform macosx {
patchfiles-append patch-ftfont.m patch-CairoFaceInfo.h
}

# works better in quartz-wm
Variant: quartzwm {
patchfiles-append patch-Source-x11-XGServerWindow.m
}

# experimental backend
Variant: cairo {
depends_lib-delete port:libart_lgpl
depends_lib-append path:lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc:cairo
configure.args-delete --enable-graphics=art
configure.args-append --enable-graphics=cairo
}

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

--->  Staging gnustep-back into destroot

--->  Installing gnustep-back

- 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 gnustep-back with these commands:

%  man gnustep-back
%  apropos gnustep-back
%  which gnustep-back
%  locate gnustep-back

 Where to find more information: