Frotz version 2.43 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.43

      View the most recent changes for the frotz port at: frotz.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for frotz.
      The raw portfile for frotz 2.43 is located here:
      http://frotz.darwinports.com/dports/games/frotz/Portfile
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      The frotz Portfile 56061 2009-08-24 00:33:19Z ryandesign macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: frotz
      Version: 2.43
      Revision: 1
      Category: games
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: pack-darwinports rattus.net
      Description: an interpreter for Infocom Z-Code games
      Long Description: Frotz provides a portable implementation of the zcode virtual machine used for all Infocom text adventures and many of those written by other authors.
      Homepage: http://frotz.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: md5 efe51879e012b92bb8d5f4a82e982677
      depends_lib port:ncurses
      Patch Files: patch-Makefile patch-src-common-main.c patch-src-common-process.c
      configure {
      reinplace "s| PREFIX |${prefix}|" "${worksrcpath}/Makefile"
      }

      use_parallel_build yes

      destroot.destdir PREFIX=${destroot}${prefix}

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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