Silc-client version 1.1.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.1.4

      View the most recent changes for the silc-client port at: silc-client.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for silc-client.
      The raw portfile for silc-client 1.1.4 is located here:
      http://silc-client.darwinports.com/dports/irc/silc-client/Portfile
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      The silc-client Portfile 58271 2009-09-25 03:17:55Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: silc-client
      Version: 1.1.4
      Revision: 1
      Category: irc
      Description: client for the silc-network.
      Long Description: silc-client is a client for the SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) protocol. SILC provides secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channel.
      Homepage: http://silcnet.org/
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Master Sites: ${homepage}download/client/sources/
      Checksums: md5 03e9ef2eb4ce6267bf791c450b929fb7 sha1 043fd02ffc0bb420d411c4ca14ad307b48beaa06 rmd160 519ba59912da4bb514330ca8e87979844f957ad0
      use_bzip2 yes
      use_parallel_build yes

      Patch Files: patch-perl-common.h.diff patch-module.h.diff

      depends_lib port:gettext path:lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc:glib2 port:libiconv port:ncurses path:bin/perl:perl5
      configure.args --without-silcd --with-docdir=${prefix}/share/${name} --with-helpdir=${prefix}/share/${name} --with-simdir=${prefix}/share/${name} --with-logsdir=${prefix}/var/log/${name} --disable-asm

      post-destroot {
      file delete ${destroot}${prefix}/lib/perl5/5.8.8/darwin-2level/perllocal.pod
      }

      universal_variant no

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex ${name}-(\[0-9.\]+)\\.tar

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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