Fox version 1.6.36 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 1.6.36

      View the most recent changes for the fox port at: fox.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for fox.
      The raw portfile for fox 1.6.36 is located here:
      http://fox.darwinports.com/dports/x11/fox/Portfile
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      The fox Portfile 59165 2009-10-10 21:31:07Z blb macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: fox
      Version: 1.6.36
      Revision: 0
      Description: The FOX GUI toolkit
      Long Description: FOX is a C++ based Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces easily and effectively.
      Maintainers: lylejohnson.name:lyle
      Category: x11
      Platform: darwin
      distname fox-${version}
      Homepage: http://www.fox-toolkit.org/
      Master Sites: http://www.fox-toolkit.org/ftp/
      Checksums: md5 5fdc89446185fbbf024cec44eb50a239 sha1 28ad1823033027fb05887cb625301c2eae56c08e rmd160 da615f1c036272294510e981b2d73037969f2570

      depends_build port:pkgconfig

      depends_lib port:tiff port:libpng port:jpeg port:xorg-libXcursor port:Xft2 port:xorg-libXrandr port:freetype port:mesa

      configure.pre_args --prefix=${prefix} --mandir=${prefix}/share/man
      configure.args --with-x --with-xft --with-opengl --enable-cups

      use_parallel_build yes

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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