Gmime version 2.4.9 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.4.9

      View the most recent changes for the gmime port at: gmime.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for gmime.
      The raw portfile for gmime 2.4.9 is located here:
      http://gmime.darwinports.com/dports/mail/gmime/Portfile
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      The gmime Portfile 57394 2009-09-10 16:13:52Z devans macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: gmime
      Version: 2.4.9
      set branch [strsed ${version} {s/\.[0-9]*$//}]

      Description: MIME mail utilities
      Long Description: The GMime suite provides a core library and set of utilities which may be used for the creation and parsing of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) configurable and incorporating all the features you would expect in a robust mail client.
      Maintainers: boeyms openmaintainer
      Category: mail
      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://spruce.sourceforge.net/gmime/
      Master Sites: gnome:sources/${name}/${branch}
      Checksums: md5 1f8121abb288e0503de31489e262cbf8 sha1 f6ec6804d2c49f81b8810e764464f9c7c98b1a24 rmd160 dd84c4c34a742a05959c5dbf6048110bba97d673

      depends_build path:bin/pkg-config:pkgconfig
      depends_lib port:libiconv path:lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc:glib2 port:gettext port:zlib

      configure.args --disable-mono --enable-largefile

      test.run yes
      test.target check

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/${name}/${branch}/
      livecheck.regex {LATEST-IS-(\d+(?:\.\d+)*)}

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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