Figlet version 2.2.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Tuesday the 16th of March, 2010

    version 2.2.2

      View the most recent changes for the figlet port at: figlet.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for figlet.
      The raw portfile for figlet 2.2.2 is located here:
      http://figlet.darwinports.com/dports/textproc/figlet/Portfile
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      The figlet Portfile 51220 2009-05-21 06:21:21Z toby macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: figlet
      Version: 2.2.2
      Category: textproc amusements
      Maintainers: toby
      Description: banner-like program prints strings as ASCII art
      Long Description: FIGlet is a program for making large letters out of ordinary text
      Homepage: http://www.figlet.org/
      Platform: darwin freebsd

      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/unix/
      distname ${name}[string map {"." ""} ${version}]

      dist_subdir ${name}/fix

      Checksums: md5 5f84ad52d092d5db4ad5916df767646b sha1 9578892559cda95f076507299fb6d689c809ce42 rmd160 58a3cca61639f07595df2dad4e8e505c639d02ad

      Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-figlet.6 patch-chkfont.c

      configure {
      reinplace "s|__PREFIX__|${prefix}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      reinplace "s|__CC__|${configure.cc}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      reinplace "s|__CFLAGS__|${configure.cflags}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      }

      destroot.destdir DESTROOT=${destroot}

      post-destroot {
      file attributes ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/figlist -permissions +x
      file attributes ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/showfigfonts -permissions +x
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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