Farsight2 version 0.0.16 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 0.0.16

      View the most recent changes for the farsight2 port at: farsight2.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for farsight2.
      The raw portfile for farsight2 0.0.16 is located here:
      http://farsight2.darwinports.com/dports/comms/farsight2/Portfile
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      # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:filetype=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The farsight2 Portfile 59009 2009-10-08 15:04:08Z devans macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: farsight2
      Version: 0.0.16
      Description: Farsight - Audio/Video Communications Framework
      Long Description: The Farsight project is an effort to create a framework to deal with all known audio/video conferencing protocols. On one side it offers a generic API that makes it possible to write plugins for different streaming protocols, on the other side it offers an API for clients to use those plugins.
      Maintainers: devans openmaintainer
      Category: comms
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://farsight.freedesktop.org/wiki/
      Master Sites: http://farsight.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}/

      Checksums: md5 ca6261e19cfcfe8a6e5e51b8c2f5ad16 sha1 dd25428cb38cc54169db6e8022ed49bc7d609d5b rmd160 20b7e7f81365aac8147a331a6c49baaadf6f46a9

      depends_build port:pkgconfig port:gtk-doc port:python25

      depends_lib port:gst-plugins-base port:gst-plugins-farsight port:libnice

      configure.python ${prefix}/bin/python2.5

      configure.args --disable-gupnp --disable-python --disable-shave

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${master_sites}
      livecheck.regex "${name}-(\\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/farsight2
      % sudo port install farsight2
      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 farsight2
      ---> Verifying checksum for farsight2
      ---> Extracting farsight2
      ---> Configuring farsight2
      ---> Building farsight2 with target all
      ---> Staging farsight2 into destroot
      ---> Installing farsight2
    - 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 farsight2 with these commands:
      %  man farsight2
      % apropos farsight2
      % which farsight2
      % locate farsight2

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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