Xpm version 3.5.8 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Monday the 23rd of November, 2009

    version 3.5.8

      View the most recent changes for the xpm port at: xpm.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xpm.
      The raw portfile for xpm 3.5.8 is located here:
      http://xpm.darwinports.com/dports/x11/xpm/Portfile
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      The xpm Portfile 59123 2009-10-10 02:55:49Z jeremyhu macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: xpm
      Version: 3.5.8
      Category: x11 devel graphics
      Maintainers: jeremyhu
      Description: The X Pixmap Library
      Homepage: http://www.x.org
      Platform: darwin macosx
      Long Description: XPM, X PixMap, is a format for storing/retrieving X pixmaps to/from files. It is used by a large number of common X applications and has become something of a de-facto standard.
      Master Sites: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/lib/

      distname libXpm-${version}
      Checksums: md5 38e58e72d476a74298a59052fde185a3 sha1 3bfc833ed4527f74b1c66c386da62271d0313413 rmd160 3b2bd291c0037d646042cb502dfffa1ee62c237e
      use_bzip2 yes
      use_parallel_build yes

      depends_build port:pkgconfig port:xorg-xproto

      depends_lib port:xorg-libX11

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url [lindex ${master_sites} 0]?C=M&O=D
      livecheck.regex libXpm-(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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