Fvwm version 1.24r - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 1.24r

      View the most recent changes for the fvwm port at: fvwm.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for fvwm.
      The raw portfile for fvwm 1.24r is located here:
      http://fvwm.darwinports.com/dports/x11/fvwm/Portfile
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      The fvwm Portfile 57382 2009-09-10 09:42:07Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: fvwm
      Version: 1.24r
      Revision: 4
      Description: A very simple window manager supporting a pager

      Long Description: One of the earlier paging window managers with what is still considered to be a very elegant and minimal feature set yet highly configurable and expandable via plug-ins.
      Homepage: http://www.fvwm.org/

      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Category: x11 x11-wm
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.hpc.uh.edu/pub/fvwm/version-1/ ftp://ftp.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/pub/CFAN/sources/1.x/
      Checksums: md5 875733e77e285566197f4b50746aefc6
      Patch Files: patch-configure.h
      use_xmkmf yes

      universal_variant no
      use_parallel_build yes

      depends_lib port:xorg-libXext port:xpm

      destroot.destdir DESTDIR=${destroot} BINDIR=${prefix}/bin

      pre-configure {
      reinplace "s|/usr/X11R6|${prefix}|" ${worksrcpath}/configure.h
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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