Poster version 20060221 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Sunday the 22nd of November, 2009

    version 20060221

      View the most recent changes for the poster port at: poster.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for poster.
      The raw portfile for poster 20060221 is located here:
      http://poster.darwinports.com/dports/print/poster/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; truncate-lines: t; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The poster Portfile 59520 2009-10-16 01:29:08Z snc macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: poster
      Version: 20060221
      Category: print
      Maintainers: snc openmaintainer
      Description: Small PostScript utility to allow large poster printing

      Long Description: This is a small PostScript utility to allow large poster printing (e.g. A1) by splitting it into pieces that can be printed on small paper sheets (e.g. A4).

      Homepage: http://printing.kde.org/downloads
      Platform: darwin

      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/printing
      use_bzip2 yes
      dist_subdir ${name}/${version}
      depends_build port:autoconf port:automake

      Patch Files: automake.diff

      Checksums: md5 04b421e2ce516a44b6c5a9a092dfa623 sha1 cde5d3ba28d444e68cc30573eaa660ea8ef7f16b rmd160 f5ba5a4ebeacd04051a682b9285c33f54e311da0

      post-patch {
      system "cd ${worksrcpath} &&
      touch AUTHORS NEWS &&
      ${prefix}/bin/aclocal &&
      ${prefix}/bin/automake --add-missing &&
      ${prefix}/bin/autoconf"
      }

      livecheck.type md5
      livecheck.url ${master_sites}/${name}${extract.suffix}
      livecheck.md5 04b421e2ce516a44b6c5a9a092dfa623

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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