Inkscape version 0.46 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 0.46

      View the most recent changes for the inkscape port at: inkscape.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for inkscape.
      The raw portfile for inkscape 0.46 is located here:
      http://inkscape.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/inkscape/Portfile
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      Check for any related Fink projects here: pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/inkscape


      # -*- 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 inkscape Portfile 59006 2009-10-08 14:04:49Z devans macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: inkscape
      conflicts inkscape-devel
      Version: 0.46
      Revision: 9
      Maintainers: devans
      Category: graphics gnome
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://www.inkscape.org/

      Description: Inkscape is an open source SVG editor.

      Long Description: Inkscape is an open source SVG editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc. Supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, node editing, svg-to-png export, grouping, and more.

      universal_variant no

      use_bzip2 yes
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: md5 59997096c3640b2601c2b4afba8a3d75 sha1 ca68fc9bf539d7bcfc31f36d24f884255b2154e7

      depends_lib port:libgnomeprintui port:boehmgc port:gtkmm port:gnome-vfs port:libxslt port:lcms port:dbus port:dbus-glib port:py25-xml port:libcroco port:poppler port:py25-numpy port:py25-lxml port:boost port:ImageMagick port:libwpg

      Patch Files: patch-configure.diff patch-src-Makefile.in.diff patch-src-widgets-sp-xmlview-attr-list.h.diff patch-src-extension-internal-pdfinput-pdf-parser.cpp.diff

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --with-xft --with-gnome-print --with-gnome-vfs --with-python --enable-lcms --enable-inkboard

      configure.python ${prefix}/bin/python2.5

      configure.cppflags-append -I${worksrcpath}/src/extension/script

      default_variants disable_debugging

      Variant: disable_debugging conflicts enable_debugging description {Disable debugging. Strip executables to save disk space} {
      # this variant strips the executables saving 200MB of disk space
      # at the cost of not being able to get meaningful debugging information
      # in the event of an application crash
      post-destroot {
      system "strip ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/inkscape"
      system "strip ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/inkview"
      }
      }

      Variant: enable_debugging conflicts disable_debugging description {Enable debugging. Executables not stripped} {
      # does nothing but offer a counter-point to disable_debugging
      }

      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|\"python-interpreter\", \"python\"|\"python-interpreter\", \"python2.5\"|g" ${worksrcpath}/src/extension/implementation/script.cpp
      reinplace "s|^#include \"Object.h\"|#include \"${prefix}/include/poppler/Object.h\"|" ${worksrcpath}/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.h
      reinplace "s|^#include \"Object.h\"|#include \"${prefix}/include/poppler/Object.h\"|" ${worksrcpath}/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/pdf-parser.cpp
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projfiles.php?project=${name}
      livecheck.regex ${name} (\[0-9.\]+) released.*


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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