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The gal Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: gal
Version: 2.5.3
Revision: 1
set branch [join [lrange [split ${version} .] 0 1] .]
Description: GNOME Application Libs (GAL).
Long Description: The GNOME Application Libs (GAL) module contains some library functions that came from Gnumeric and Evolution. The idea is to reuse the code across various larger GNOME applications that might want to use it. This module is outdated and no longer used in the GNOME project.
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Category: gnome
Platform: darwin
Homepage: http://www.gnome.org
Master Sites: gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}/

Checksums: md5 8fae770488887f9d0f95bcdbffc673cc sha1 7c590925bfc9f2650464d658c2d970291b034449 rmd160 caa7322c430059832829107027faa6fe7cee6e94

depends_lib lib:libgnomeprintui:libgnomeprintui port:dbus port:dbus-glib

use_bzip2 yes

Patch Files: patch-gal-widgets-e-unicode.h.diff

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

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/${name}/${branch}/
livecheck.regex {LATEST-IS-(\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/gal
%  sudo port install gal  
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 gal
--->  Verifying checksum for gal
--->  Extracting gal
--->  Configuring gal
--->  Building gal with target all

--->  Staging gal into destroot

--->  Installing gal

- 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 gal with these commands:

%  man gal
%  apropos gal
%  which gal
%  locate gal

 Where to find more information: