Download and Install lynx version ${milestone}rel.${release} on Mac OS X
Thursday the 4th of December, 2008

    version ${milestone}rel.${release}

      View the most recent changes for the lynx port at: lynx.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for lynx.
      The raw portfile for lynx ${milestone}rel.${release} is located here:
      http://lynx.darwinports.com/dports/www/lynx/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
      # $Id: Portfile 41970 2008-11-12 20:47:37Z devans macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: lynx
      set milestone 2.8.6
      set release 5
      Version: ${milestone}rel.${release}
      revision 1
      Category: www
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Text-based web browser
      Long Description: lynx is a program which allows a user to access World-Wide Web servers and other information servers. It uses only ascii representation so that it can be used from ascii-terminals and dial-in lines.

      Homepage: http://lynx.isc.org/

      depends_lib port:ncurses

      use_bzip2 yes

      distname [strsed ${distname} {g/-//}]
      worksrcdir ${name}[strsed ${milestone} {g/\./-/}]

      master_sites http://lynx.isc.org/current/ ftp://lynx.isc.org/current/

      checksums md5 bd44c57d28fd3e4c9db1cd492d403600 sha1 019246b83fc7b6cb32bac0023f2ae6c5d330d18c rmd160 0ea800c3204d66c1470f63a0143fd71eca06e005

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --enable-ipv6
      patchfiles patch-LYCharSets.c

      Platform: darwin

      if {![variant_isset gnutls]} {
      default_variants +ssl
      }

      Variant: ssl conflicts gnutls description "Support for secure connections via OpenSSL (default)" {
      configure.args-append --with-ssl=${prefix}
      depends_lib-append port:openssl
      }

      Variant: gnutls conflicts ssl description "Experimental support for secure connections via GnuTLS" {
      configure.args-append --with-gnutls=${prefix}
      depends_lib-append port:gnutls
      }

      livecheck.check regex
      livecheck.url http://lynx.isc.org/current/
      livecheck.regex "${name}(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*rel\\.\[0-9a-z\]*)${extract.suffix}"

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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