Fluxbox version 1.1.0.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.1.0.1

      View the most recent changes for the fluxbox port at: fluxbox.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for fluxbox.
      The raw portfile for fluxbox 1.1.0.1 is located here:
      http://fluxbox.darwinports.com/dports/x11/fluxbox/Portfile
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      The fluxbox Portfile 57453 2009-09-11 08:17:15Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: fluxbox
      Version: 1.1.0.1
      Revision: 1
      Category: x11 x11-wm
      Maintainers: pmq
      Platform: darwin freebsd

      Description: Lightweight window manager based on Blackbox 0.61.1
      Long Description: It's based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. Fluxbox looks like blackbox and handles styles, colors, window placement and similar thing exactly like blackbox (100% theme/style compatibility).

      Homepage: http://fluxbox.org
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: md5 421366dbb21592196b5dde6c8ea11229

      use_bzip2 yes
      use_parallel_build yes

      depends_lib port:xorg-libsm port:Xft2 port:xorg-libXinerama port:xpm port:xorg-libXrandr

      livecheck.url ${homepage}/download.php
      livecheck.regex "The latest stable release is v(\[0-9a-z.\]+)."

      use_autoreconf yes
      autoreconf.args -fv

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

      platform darwin 7 {
      depends_lib-append port:gcc40
      configure.compiler macports-gcc-4.0
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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