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The giflib Portfile 57758 2009-09-16 07:48:28Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup muniversal 1.0

Name: giflib
Version: 4.1.6
Revision: 1
Category: graphics
Maintainers: ryandesign
license MIT
Platform: darwin
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/
Master Sites: sourceforge
use_bzip2 yes

Description: GIF library using patented LZW algorithm

Long Description: GIF loading and saving shared library. Uses the LZW algorithm.

Checksums: md5 7125644155ae6ad33dbc9fc15a14735f sha1 22680f604ec92065f04caf00b1c180ba74fb8562 rmd160 bdb99f7048a79b9e771b069f90ac151537011d19

Patch Files: patch-gif_lib.h.diff

depends_lib port:xorg-libsm port:xorg-libX11

use_parallel_build yes

Variant: no_x11 {
depends_lib-delete port:xorg-libsm
depends_lib-delete port:xorg-libX11
configure.args-append --without-x
}

livecheck.regex ""

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/giflib
%  sudo port install giflib  
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 giflib
--->  Verifying checksum for giflib
--->  Extracting giflib
--->  Configuring giflib
--->  Building giflib with target all

--->  Staging giflib into destroot

--->  Installing giflib

- 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 giflib with these commands:

%  man giflib
%  apropos giflib
%  which giflib
%  locate giflib

 Where to find more information: