Xft2 version 2.1.13 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.1.13

      View the most recent changes for the xft2 port at: xft2.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xft2.
      The raw portfile for xft2 2.1.13 is located here:
      http://xft2.darwinports.com/dports/x11/Xft2/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:ft=tcl:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
      The xft2 Portfile 41728 2008-11-09 23:59:49Z devans macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: Xft2
      Version: 2.1.13
      Category: x11
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: client-side font API for X applications
      Long Description: The current version of Xft provides a client-side font API for X applications. It uses Fontconfig to select fonts and the X protocol for rendering them. When available, Xft uses the Render extension to accelerate text drawing. When Render is not available, Xft uses the core protocol to draw client-side glyphs. This provides completely compatible support of client-side fonts for all X servers.

      Platform: darwin

      Homepage: http://fontconfig.org/
      Master Sites: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/
      distname libXft-${version}
      use_bzip2 yes

      Checksums: md5 bc8881851f3bd8dcc625fac37350a1c6 sha1 7ce291fe4306de8e73e545ab9af2285cc1c26dce rmd160 f9cbfd6710a9999a12f49e2bb23b8061eee01e9e

      depends_lib port:xorg-xproto port:zlib port:xrender port:freetype port:fontconfig port:expat

      depends_build port:pkgconfig

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

      livecheck.check regex
      livecheck.url http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/?C=M&O=D
      livecheck.regex libXft-(\[0-9.\]+)\\.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/xft2
      % sudo port install xft2
      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 xft2
      ---> Verifying checksum for xft2
      ---> Extracting xft2
      ---> Configuring xft2
      ---> Building xft2 with target all
      ---> Staging xft2 into destroot
      ---> Installing xft2
    - 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 xft2 with these commands:
      %  man xft2
      % apropos xft2
      % which xft2
      % locate xft2

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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