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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 38074 2008-07-05 19:48:47Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: figlet
Version: 2.2.2

Category: textproc amusements
Maintainers: nomaintainer

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.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/comp/Linux/gentoo/distfiles/ ftp://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/gentoo/distfiles/
# ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/unix/
distname "${name}[string map {"." ""} ${version}]"

Checksums: md5 9fcf4f1651b8e6d3f56f1ef665285b2e
Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-figlet.6

use_configure no

build.env PREFIX=$prefix

destroot.destdir PREFIX=${destroot}${prefix}

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: