Fireworkx version 1.3 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.3

      View the most recent changes for the fireworkx port at: fireworkx.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for fireworkx.
      The raw portfile for fireworkx 1.3 is located here:
      http://fireworkx.darwinports.com/dports/x11/fireworkx/Portfile
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      The fireworkx Portfile 50572 2009-05-04 19:19:09Z jeremyhu macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: fireworkx
      Version: 1.3
      Revision: 2
      Category: x11
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: pyrotechnic simulation eye-candy for X11
      Long Description: ${description}

      Homepage: http://www.ronybc.8k.com/fireworkx.htm
      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/mirror/ftp.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/mirror/sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/colors
      distname ${distname}.src
      Checksums: md5 634df6e7c37c682897a98bb82c1b75cf
      Patch Files: patch-Makefile

      depends_lib port:xorg-libX11

      worksrcdir ${name}-${version}

      use_configure no

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -s ${worksrcpath}/fireworkx ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} ChangeLog.txt LICENSE README.src ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }

      build.target-append CFLAGS="${configure.cflags} -I${prefix}/include" LDFLAGS="${configure.ldflags} -L${prefix}/lib"

      Variant: universal {
      build.target-append CFLAGS="${configure.cflags} ${configure.universal_cflags} -I${prefix}/include" LDFLAGS="${configure.ldflags} ${configure.universal_ldflags} -L${prefix}/lib"
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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