Gftp version 2.0.18 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.0.18

      View the most recent changes for the gftp port at: gftp.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for gftp.
      The raw portfile for gftp 2.0.18 is located here:
      http://gftp.darwinports.com/dports/net/gftp/Portfile
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      The gftp Portfile 29901 2007-10-14 19:11:52Z nox macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: gftp
      Version: 2.0.18
      Revision: 2
      Category: net
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: GTK+ FTP client

      Long Description: gFTP is a free multithreaded file transfer client for *NIX based machines.

      Homepage: http://www.gftp.org/
      Master Sites: ${homepage} ftp://www.gftp.org/pub/gftp/

      use_bzip2 yes

      Checksums: md5 44b19442d06f6dc68c7211d66029d826 sha1 c2468f1ff1fe978a5fab3a198e513558f3b48f5a rmd160 0e0daea8543ae822b25635647360193362a2648d

      depends_lib port:gtk2 port:gettext port:openssl port:readline port:ncurses

      post-configure {
      reinplace "s/#undef HAVE_OPENPTY/#define HAVE_OPENPTY 1/" ${worksrcpath}/config.h
      reinplace "s/#define HAVE_GRANTPT 1/#undef HAVE_GRANTPT/" ${worksrcpath}/config.h
      }

      configure.ldflags-append -bind_at_load
      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --disable-glibtest --disable-gtktest

      post-destroot {
      set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
      xinstall -d ${destroot}${docdir}/html
      xinstall -m 0644 -W ${worksrcpath} AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS TODO ${destroot}${docdir}
      xinstall -m 0644 ${worksrcpath}/README.html ${destroot}${docdir}/html
      }


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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