Aterm version 1.0.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 1.0.1

      View the most recent changes for the aterm port at: aterm.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for aterm.
      The raw portfile for aterm 1.0.1 is located here:
      http://aterm.darwinports.com/dports/x11/aterm/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 aterm Portfile 50572 2009-05-04 19:19:09Z jeremyhu macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: aterm
      Version: 1.0.1
      Category: x11
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Color vt102 terminal emu w/transparency support
      Long Description: aterm is a color vt102 terminal emulator, based on rxvt 2.4.8 with additions for fast transparency. It was created with AfterStep users in mind, but is not tied to any libraries, and can be used anywhere.
      Homepage: http://aterm.sourceforge.net/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: sourceforge ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/apps/aterm/
      use_bzip2 yes
      Checksums: md5 c2eede028e1011e0ec7035cf319c9b5a sha1 a975753b415306a0734efc3773de8a86129bb54b
      depends_lib port:xorg-libsm port:xorg-libXext

      configure.args --enable-background-image --disable-backspace-key --disable-delete-key --enable-fading --enable-graphics --enable-half-shadow --enable-menubar --enable-transparency --x-include=${prefix}/include --x-lib=${prefix}/lib --enable-wtmp

      Variant: afterstep description {Enable AfterStep integration} {
      depends_lib-append port:AfterStep
      configure.args-append --with-afterimage-config=${prefix}/bin --with-afterstep-config=${prefix}/bin
      }

      Variant: international description {Enable big5, greek and kanji text encodings} {
      configure.args-append --enable-big5 --enable-greek --enable-kanji
      }

      Variant: barebones description {No graphics frills} {
      configure.args-delete --enable-background-image --enable-fading --enable-graphics --enable-half-shadow --enable-transparency
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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