Meld version 1.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.2

      View the most recent changes for the meld port at: meld.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for meld.
      The raw portfile for meld 1.2 is located here:
      http://meld.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/meld/Portfile
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      The meld Portfile 39244 2008-08-13 18:02:31Z landonf macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: meld
      Version: 1.2
      Category: textproc devel
      Maintainers: landonf macports.org
      Homepage: http://meld.sourceforge.net/
      Description: Visual diff and merge tool.
      Long Description: Meld is a visual diff and merge tool. You can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically). You can compare two or three folders and launch file comparisons. You can browse and view a working copy from popular version control systems such such as CVS, Subversion, Bazaar-ng and Mercurial.

      Master Sites: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/meld/1.2/

      depends_lib port:intltool port:py25-gtk port:py25-gnome port:rarian

      #patchfiles patch-translations # patch-scrollkeeper

      use_configure no

      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|/usr/local|${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/INSTALL
      reinplace "s|#! /usr/bin/env python|#! /usr/bin/env python2.5|" ${worksrcpath}/meld

      file mkdir ${worksrcpath}/help/fr/figures
      file mkdir ${worksrcpath}/help/oc/figures

      system "cp ${worksrcpath}/help/C/figures/*.png ${worksrcpath}/help/fr/figures"
      system "cp ${worksrcpath}/help/C/figures/*.png ${worksrcpath}/help/oc/figures"
      }

      Checksums: md5 50ea5a7cdf2451448a78e53b172d7f6f

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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