Gst version 3.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Sunday the 22nd of November, 2009

    version 3.1

      View the most recent changes for the gst port at: gst.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for gst.
      The raw portfile for gst 3.1 is located here:
      http://gst.darwinports.com/dports/lang/gst/Portfile
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      The gst Portfile 54312 2009-07-24 18:56:26Z toby macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: gst
      Version: 3.1
      Revision: 1
      Category: lang
      Maintainers: saispo
      Description: Free implementation of Smalltalk-80
      Long Description: GNU Smalltalk is a free implementation of the Smalltalk-80 language which runs on most versions on Unix and, in general, everywhere you can find a POSIX-compliance library. An uncommon feature of it is that it is well-versed to scripting tasks and headless processing.
      Homepage: http://smalltalk.gnu.org/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: gnu:smalltalk
      distname smalltalk-${version}
      Checksums: sha1 9b1602bf29d1483d9200d83419dc3cd0fc0d397b

      depends_build port:zip

      depends_lib port:libsigsegv port:libffi port:gmp port:libiconv port:ncurses port:ncursesw port:readline

      configure.args --infodir=${prefix}/share/info --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --enable-disassembler --enable-preemption --with-system-libffi --with-system-libsigsegv
      # --enable-jit

      test.run yes
      test.target check

      default_variants +gtk +tcltk

      Variant: gtk {
      depends_lib-append port:gtk2
      configure.args-append --enable-gtk
      }

      Variant: tcltk {
      depends_lib-append port:tcl port:tk
      configure.args-append --with-tk --with-tcl
      }

      Variant: nox conflicts gtk conflicts tcltk {
      configure.args-append --without-x --disable-gtk --without-tk --without-tcl
      }

      livecheck.regex smalltalk-(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)${extract.suffix}

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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