Pixen version 2v2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2v2

      View the most recent changes for the pixen port at: pixen.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for pixen.
      The raw portfile for pixen 2v2 is located here:
      http://pixen.darwinports.com/dports/aqua/pixen/Portfile
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      The pixen Portfile 57043 2009-09-05 16:31:20Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      PortGroup xcode 1.0

      Name: pixen
      Version: 2v2
      set my_version r${version}
      Category: aqua graphics
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: A mature pixelart drawing tool for Mac OS X

      Long Description: Pixen is a mature pixelart drawing tool for Mac OS X under the MIT License. It can be mainly used to create pixelart in Atari-Style.

      Homepage: http://opensword.org/Pixen/
      Master Sites: http://opensword.org/Downloads/
      distname Pixen-r${version}

      Checksums: md5 0c1c0fc53aa085c5d53cdbe0aa3eda1c sha1 0bc101c5390a2be2f921114ed64788f0398fb6b1 rmd160 62155331f4afbf903a7ba0d23da1cbb74a3b698a

      worksrcdir Sources

      # Can't enable universal variant yet, Pixen must depends on libungif instead of using
      # its own internal precompiled ungif lib.
      universal_variant no

      # Dummy configure to enable universal variant
      #use_configure yes
      #configure {}

      #variant universal {
      # build.args-append "ARCHS=\"i386 ppc\""
      # destroot.args-append "ARCHS=\"i386 ppc\""

      # xcode.build.settings-append SDKROOT_i386=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
      # xcode.destroot.settings-append SDKROOT_i386=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
      #}

      livecheck.version ${my_version}


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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