Tightvnc version 1.3.9 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.3.9

      View the most recent changes for the tightvnc port at: tightvnc.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for tightvnc.
      The raw portfile for tightvnc 1.3.9 is located here:
      http://tightvnc.darwinports.com/dports/x11/tightvnc/Portfile
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      The tightvnc Portfile 57382 2009-09-10 09:42:07Z ryandesign macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: tightvnc
      Version: 1.3.9
      Revision: 2
      Category: x11 vnc
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Enhanced version of VNC
      Long Description: This is an enhanced version of VNC, called TightVNC, which includes a lot of new features, improvements, optimizations and bugfixes over the original VNC version. Note that TightVNC is still free, cross-platform and compatible with the standard VNC. Many users agree that TightVNC is the most advanced free remote desktop package.
      Homepage: http://www.tightvnc.com/
      Master Sites: sourceforge:vnc-tight
      distname ${name}-${version}_unixsrc
      use_bzip2 yes
      Checksums: md5 49a0748ea52793f2e3069e05af28f716
      Platform: darwin

      depends_lib port:xorg-libXaw port:xorg-libXp port:jpeg port:zlib

      depends_run path:bin/perl:perl5

      depends_build port:gccmakedep

      worksrcdir vnc_unixsrc

      Patch Files: patch-Xvnc.diff patch-vncviewer.diff patch-vncserver.diff patch-vncconnect_vncconnect.c.diff patch-include_vncauth.h.diff
      post-patch {
      reinplace "s| PREFIX |${prefix}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Xvnc/config/cf/vnclibs.def ${worksrcpath}/vncserver ${worksrcpath}/vncviewer/Imakefile
      if {[catch {set perl [binaryInPath "perl"]}] == 0} {
      reinplace "s| PERL |${perl}|g" ${worksrcpath}/vncserver
      }
      }

      Variant: no_server {
      depends_run-delete path:bin/perl:perl5

      patchfiles-append patch-no_server.diff
      }

      use_xmkmf yes

      build.target World

      post-build {
      system "cd '${worksrcpath}/Xvnc' && ./configure"
      system "cd '${worksrcpath}/Xvnc' && make World"
      }

      destroot.cmd ./vncinstall
      destroot.target ${destroot}${prefix}/bin ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man
      destroot.destdir
      post-destroot {
      xinstall -d -m 0755 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/vnc/classes
      foreach f [glob ${worksrcpath}/classes/*] {
      xinstall -m 0644 $f ${destroot}${prefix}/share/vnc/classes
      }
      }


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

     Where to find more information:

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