Wxgtk version 2.8.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.8.4

      View the most recent changes for the wxgtk port at: wxgtk.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for wxgtk.
      The raw portfile for wxgtk 2.8.4 is located here:
      http://wxgtk.darwinports.com/dports/x11/wxgtk/Portfile
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      The wxgtk Portfile 50572 2009-05-04 19:19:09Z jeremyhu macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: wxgtk
      Version: 2.8.4
      Revision: 1
      Category: x11
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: The wxWidgets GUI toolkit with GTK+ bindings
      Long Description: A C++ package for platform independent software development

      Homepage: http://wxwidgets.org/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: sourceforge:wxwindows
      distname wxGTK-${version}
      Checksums: md5 22e42c1601d9759530c875ffa2c3c554
      use_bzip2 yes

      depends_lib port:gtk2 port:tiff port:jpeg port:libpng port:freetype port:zlib

      Patch Files: patch-Makefile.in


      configure.args --with-gtk --with-libpng --with-libjpeg --with-libtiff --with-freetype --with-zlib

      post-destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      eval xinstall -m 644 [glob ${worksrcpath}/*.txt] ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }

      Variant: opengl {
      depends_lib-append port:mesa
      configure.args-append --with-opengl
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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