Magicpoint version 1.10a - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.10a

      View the most recent changes for the magicpoint port at: magicpoint.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for magicpoint.
      The raw portfile for magicpoint 1.10a is located here:
      http://magicpoint.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/magicpoint/Portfile
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      The magicpoint Portfile 60565 2009-11-15 23:11:08Z ryandesign macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: magicpoint
      Version: 1.10a
      Revision: 2
      Category: graphics
      Maintainers: fenner
      Homepage: http://www.mew.org/mgp/
      Master Sites: http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/repo/dist/MagicPoint/magicpoint-1.10a.tar.gz/7a5d91b2b3bdabea704ee3cb6505d772/
      Checksums: md5 7a5d91b2b3bdabea704ee3cb6505d772
      Platform: macosx darwin
      Description: An X11 based presentation tool.
      Long Description: Magic Point is an X11 based presentation tool. It is designed to make simple presentations easy while to make complicated presentations possible. Its presentation file (whose suffix is typically .mgp) is just text so that you can create presentation files quickly with your favorite editor (e.g. Emacs, vi).

      Patch Files: patch-config.guess patch-image.h patch-new.c patch-parse.c patch-default.mgp patch-configure patch-freetype.patch

      depends_build port:pkgconfig port:imake

      depends_lib port:Xft2 port:libpng path:include/gif_lib.h:giflib

      universal_variant no

      configure.args --enable-gif --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

      post-configure {
      # unusual port: uses not just autoconf but also Imake
      system "cd \"${worksrcpath}\" && xmkmf && make Makefiles"
      }

      destroot.target install install.man

      build.args-append EXTRA_LIBRARIES=-L${prefix}/lib

      destroot.destdir DESTDIR=${destroot} BINDIR=${prefix}/bin LIBDIR=${prefix}/lib/X11 FONTDIR=${prefix}/lib/X11/fonts MANPATH=${prefix}/share/man

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

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