Fluid version 0.9.6 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 21st of November, 2009

    version 0.9.6

      View the most recent changes for the fluid port at: fluid.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for fluid.
      The raw portfile for fluid 0.9.6 is located here:
      http://fluid.darwinports.com/dports/aqua/Fluid/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
      The fluid Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: Fluid
      Version: 0.9.6
      Category: aqua
      #license none
      Maintainers: snc openmaintainer
      Description: create site-specific-browsers to run favorite web apps

      Long Description: Site Specific Browsers (SSBs) provide a great solution for your WebApp woes. Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite WebApps as a separate Cocoa desktop application. Fluid gives any WebApp a home on your Mac OS X desktop complete with Dock icon, standard menu bar, logical separation from your other web browsing activity, and many, many other goodies.

      Platform: darwin
      Homepage: http://fluidapp.com
      Master Sites: ${homepage}/dist/
      distname ${name}_${version}
      use_zip yes

      platform darwin 7 {
      pre-fetch {
      return -code error "\n
      ${name} requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.\n"
      }
      }

      platform darwin 8 {
      pre-fetch {
      return -code error "\n
      ${name} requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.\n"
      }
      }

      Checksums: md5 29d111176ed9e8111a43610592deac92 sha1 d4e1425875f3706e8368f96f9980119978f2c8e8 rmd160 d3eab2f6d61cf7db361666eef428e48df8dcf0ec

      worksrcdir ${name}.app

      universal_variant no

      use_configure no

      build {}

      destroot {
      move ${worksrcpath} ${destroot}${applications_dir}
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex "${name} (\\d+\\.\\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/fluid
      % sudo port install fluid
      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 fluid
      ---> Verifying checksum for fluid
      ---> Extracting fluid
      ---> Configuring fluid
      ---> Building fluid with target all
      ---> Staging fluid into destroot
      ---> Installing fluid
    - 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 fluid with these commands:
      %  man fluid
      % apropos fluid
      % which fluid
      % locate fluid

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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