Freeciv version 2.1.9 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

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    version 2.1.9

      View the most recent changes for the freeciv port at: freeciv.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for freeciv.
      The raw portfile for freeciv 2.1.9 is located here:
      http://freeciv.darwinports.com/dports/games/freeciv/Portfile
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      # -*- Mode: Tcl; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- vim:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The freeciv Portfile 59714 2009-10-20 21:18:38Z jmr macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: freeciv
      Version: 2.1.9
      Category: games
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: An empire-building strategy game
      Long Description: Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age...

      Platform: macosx

      Homepage: http://www.freeciv.org/
      Master Sites: sourceforge ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/stable/
      use_bzip2 yes

      Checksums: md5 caffaa201b2f5dfdfe00b6e6c3f32fb1 sha1 01a3500a9d0f9d9c9b95b7c4b57f2446f671a900 rmd160 cbe12facbbf00a85410e1324eb6ba3f2351ea1f1

      depends_lib port:freetype port:libpng port:libsdl port:libsdl_image port:libsdl_mixer port:readline port:libiconv port:zlib

      pre-fetch {
      ui_msg "Please note that this port conflicts with port:freeciv-x11."
      }

      configure.args --enable-client=sdl --with-readline --with-zlib --enable-nls --with-libiconv-prefix=${prefix} --with-sdl-prefix=${prefix} --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex freeciv-(\[0-9\.\]+).tar.bz2


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

     Where to find more information:

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