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# $Id: Portfile 30259 2007-10-23 02:31:56Z jmpp macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: xglobe
Version: 0.5p2
Category: x11
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: XGlobe displays the earth as seen from space on your X desktop.
Long Description: XGlobe displays the earth as seen from space on your X desktop, similar to xearth by Kirk Lauritz Johnson. The image of the globe is updated at regular intervals. XGlobe uses a world map image which is mapped to the globe. With a good map this can look very nice. It is possible to mark locations on the globe. This port includes the work done by Mark Espie from OpenBSD, that has not yet be included upstream. Also there is a markerfile with the positions of the OpenDarwin developers.
Homepage: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~scheuerm/xglobe/
Platform: darwin
master_sites ftp://quatramaran.ens.fr/pub/espie/
checksums md5 068520cc8e835338e90ecc6e42f7d77b
depends_lib lib:libqt-mt.3:qt3 lib:libX11.6:XFree86
patchfiles patch-Makefile patch-renderer_cpp
configure { reinplace "s| PREFIX |${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile
reinplace "s| X11PREFIX |${x11prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile }
destroot.args DESTDIR=${destroot}
destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix}
post-destroot { system "install -c ${portpath}/files/xglobe-markers.opendarwin ${destroot}${prefix}/share/xglobe/" }


post-install {
ui_msg "\n
xglobe starts in the X11 root window so enable the full screen menu
in Apple's X11 preferences menu and then use Command-Shift-A to
enter and exit full screen mode to view xglobe in the X11 root window.
\n"
}

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/xglobe
%  sudo port install xglobe  
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 xglobe
--->  Verifying checksum for xglobe
--->  Extracting xglobe
--->  Configuring xglobe
--->  Building xglobe with target all

--->  Staging xglobe into destroot

--->  Installing xglobe

- 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 xglobe with these commands:

%  man xglobe
%  apropos xglobe
%  which xglobe
%  locate xglobe

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