Rb-gd2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Monday the 23rd of November, 2009

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      View the most recent changes for the rb-gd2 port at: rb-gd2.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for rb-gd2.
      The raw portfile for rb-gd2 is located here:
      http://rb-gd2.darwinports.com/dports/ruby/rb-gd2/Portfile
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      The rb-gd2 Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      PortGroup ruby 1.0

      ruby.setup gd2 1.1.1 gem {} rubyforge_gem
      Maintainers: kallisys.net:pguyot openmaintainer
      Description: Bindings for gd2 graphics library
      Long Description: Ruby/GD2 is a Ruby interface to Thomas Boutell's gd 2 graphics library.
      Checksums: md5 421049a6d49a278755a9b4f7b35f8822 sha1 7caf96a4bf0d637c3cf5d52690b9249207840a1d rmd160 f9db179bfb812c3a6acb71035469a5f55ca9ef14
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://gd2.rubyforge.org/
      depends_run port:gd2

    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/rb-gd2
      % sudo port install rb-gd2
      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 rb-gd2
      ---> Verifying checksum for rb-gd2
      ---> Extracting rb-gd2
      ---> Configuring rb-gd2
      ---> Building rb-gd2 with target all
      ---> Staging rb-gd2 into destroot
      ---> Installing rb-gd2
    - 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 rb-gd2 with these commands:
      %  man rb-gd2
      % apropos rb-gd2
      % which rb-gd2
      % locate rb-gd2

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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