Freesci version 0.6.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 21st of November, 2009

    freesci  most recent diff


    version 0.6.4

      View the most recent changes for the freesci port at: freesci.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for freesci.
      The raw portfile for freesci 0.6.4 is located here:
      http://freesci.darwinports.com/dports/emulators/freesci/Portfile
      Find related portfiles with the unique DarwinPorts.com search feature.
      Check for any related Fink projects here: pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/freesci


      The freesci Portfile 59683 2009-10-19 20:05:06Z blb macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: freesci
      Version: 0.6.4
      Revision: 1
      Category: emulators
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: Interpreter for SCI (old Sierra Online) games
      Long Description: FreeSCI is a portable interpreter for SCI games, such as the Space Quest series (starting with SQ3) or Leisure Suit Larry (2 and sequels). FreeSCI is still incomplete.

      Platform: darwin

      Homepage: http://freesci.linuxgames.com/
      Master Sites: http://www-plan.cs.colorado.edu/creichen/freesci/
      use_bzip2 yes
      universal_variant no

      use_autoreconf yes
      autoreconf.args -fvi

      Checksums: md5 b7669c1f1db8b7b19967ed61f103df3a sha1 2761812ab95ed9eb3225717a2d336c0b4098fc76 rmd160 8aa189f4b9b612fe8625be6b42a9bdfd46fef33b

      configure.args --datadir=${prefix}/share/${name} --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --with-x --without-sdl

      depends_lib port:xorg-libXi port:xorg-libXinerama port:xrender port:fontconfig port:libpng port:ncurses

      Variant: sdl description {Use the SDL interface instead of X11} {
      depends_lib-delete port:xorg-libXi port:xorg-libXinerama port:xrender port:fontconfig port:libpng
      depends_lib-append path:lib/pkgconfig/sdl.pc:libsdl
      configure.args-delete --with-x --without-sdl
      configure.args-append --without-x --with-sdl-prefix=${prefix}
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url ${homepage}
      livecheck.regex "FreeSCI (\[0-9.\]+)"

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



    Lightbox this page.