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http://system-preferences.darwinports.com/dports/gnustep/system-preferences/Portfile
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The system-preferences Portfile 40631 2008-10-09 06:09:24Z jmr macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
PortGroup gnustep 1.0

Name: system-preferences
Version: 1.0.1
Revision: 1
Platform: darwin
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Homepage: http://www.gnustep.it/enrico/system-preferences/

Description: GNUstep's System Preferences.
Long Description: System Preferences is a clone of the Mac OS X System Preferences application based on a GNUstep implementation of the PreferencePanes framework.

depends_lib-append port:PreferencePanes

Master Sites: ${homepage}
Checksums: md5 e7524b27588b1705d4b6cc1fcdd21f1f
distname systempreferences-${version}

Patch Files: patch-installation-domain

build {
system "cd ${worksrcpath} && export ${build.env} &&
gnumake messages=yes [set_gnustep_make] -C SystemPreferences &&
gnumake messages=yes [set_gnustep_make] -C Modules"
}

destroot {
system "cd ${worksrcpath} && export ${destroot.env} &&
gnumake install ${destroot.destdir} messages=yes [set_gnustep_make] -C SystemPreferences &&
gnumake install ${destroot.destdir} messages=yes [set_gnustep_make] -C Modules"
}

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/system-preferences
%  sudo port install system-preferences  
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 system-preferences
--->  Verifying checksum for system-preferences
--->  Extracting system-preferences
--->  Configuring system-preferences
--->  Building system-preferences with target all

--->  Staging system-preferences into destroot

--->  Installing system-preferences

- 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 system-preferences with these commands:

%  man system-preferences
%  apropos system-preferences
%  which system-preferences
%  locate system-preferences

 Where to find more information: