Osxvnc version 3.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 19th of March, 2010

    version 3.0

      View the most recent changes for the osxvnc port at: osxvnc.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for osxvnc.
      The raw portfile for osxvnc 3.0 is located here:
      http://osxvnc.darwinports.com/dports/aqua/osxvnc/Portfile
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      The osxvnc Portfile 58438 2009-09-28 18:36:06Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      PortGroup xcode 1.0

      Name: osxvnc
      Version: 3.0
      Revision: 1
      Category: aqua vnc
      Homepage: http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html
      Maintainers: ryandesign
      fetch.type cvs
      cvs.root :pserver:anonymous osxvnc.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/osxvnc
      cvs.module OSXvnc
      cvs.tag V[strsed ${version} {g/\./_/}]
      worksrcdir OSXvnc

      Description: a full-featured VNC server (formerly OSXvnc)

      Long Description: Vine Server (formerly OSXvnc) is a full-featured VNC server for Mac OS X providing remote access to the GUI, keyboard and mouse using any VNC client.

      depends_build port:libiconv

      depends_lib port:zlib

      Patch Files: patch-project.pbxproj.diff

      post-patch {
      # Make all strings UTF-16 so CopyStringsFile doesn't fail on Leopard. See #15919.
      set language_encodings {
      English utf-8
      German macroman
      Italian macroman
      Japanese utf-8
      }
      foreach {language encoding} ${language_encodings} {
      system "cd ${worksrcpath}/${language}.lproj && cp -p Localizable.strings Localizable.strings.orig && ${prefix}/bin/iconv -f ${encoding} -t utf-16 Localizable.strings.orig > Localizable.strings"
      }
      }

      post-destroot {
      # Fix permissions for users not installing with root
      fs-traverse dir ${workpath} {
      if {[file isdirectory ${dir}]} {
      file attributes ${dir} -permissions 0755
      }
      }
      }

      Variant: universal {}
      if {! [variant_isset universal]} {
      set arch ${os.arch}
      if {! [string compare ${arch} powerpc]} {
      set arch ppc
      }

      xcode.build.settings ARCHS=${arch}
      xcode.destroot.settings ARCHS=${arch}
      }

      livecheck.type sourceforge
      livecheck.regex {Vine Server\(OSXvnc\) Version (.*) released.*}

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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