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The raw portfile for gnome-desktop-suite 2.26.3 is located here:
http://gnome-desktop-suite.darwinports.com/dports/gnome/gnome-desktop-suite/Portfile
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The gnome-desktop-suite Portfile 57664 2009-09-14 18:22:23Z devans macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: gnome-desktop-suite
Version: 2.26.3
Revision: 2
Category: gnome
Maintainers: devans openmaintainer
Description: The GNOME desktop environment
Long Description: The GNOME desktop environment is the set of libraries, applications and services that work as a cohesive integrated user interface produced by the GNOME project. The desktop environment is one of the suites of software packages that form the complete GNOME project offerings.

Homepage: http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentyfive/Desktop
Master Sites:
Platform: darwin

#
# TODO
#
# The following modules are included in the current GNOME desktop
# environment specification but have not yet been ported to MacPorts
#
# deskbar-applet
# evolution
# evolution-exchange
# evolution-mapi
# evolution-webcal
# gnome-desktop-sharp
# gnome-nettool
# gnome-power-manager
# gnome-screensaver
# gnome-user-share
# gok
# mousetweaks
# orca
# swfdec-gnome
# tomboy
# vinagre
#
# BROKEN PORTS
#
# The following ports are included in the current GNOME desktop
# environment specification and have been ported to MacPorts but
# are currently broken and/or need to be updated
#
# brasero (no support for darwin Mac OS X, requires Linux SG or BSD CAM)
# cheese (requires Video4Linux or V4L2)
# ekiga (requires Video4Linux or V4L2)
# sound-juicer (depends on brasero)

depends_lib port:alacarte port:bug-buddy port:dasher port:eog port:empathy port:epiphany port:evince port:evolution-data-server port:file-roller port:gcalctool port:gconf-editor port:gdm port:gedit port:gnome-applets port:gnome-backgrounds port:gnome-control-center port:gnome-desktop port:gnome-doc-utils port:gnome-games port:gnome-icon-theme port:gnome-keyring port:gnome-netstatus port:gnome-mag port:gnome-media port:gnome-menus port:gnome-panel port:gnome-python-desktop port:gnome-session port:gnome-settings-daemon port:gnome-sharp2 port:gnome-speech port:gnome-system-monitor port:gnome-terminal port:gnome-themes port:gnome-user-docs port:gnome-utils port:gstreamer port:gst-plugins-base port:gst-plugins-good port:gtk-engines2 port:libgtkhtml3 port:gtksourceview2 port:gucharmap port:libgail-gnome port:libgnomekbd port:libgtop port:libgweather port:liboobs port:librsvg port:libsoup port:libwnck port:metacity port:nautilus port:py25-pygtksourceview port:seahorse port:seahorse-plugins port:totem port:totem-pl-parser port:vino port:vte port:yelp port:zenity

#
# Upcoming GNOME Deprecations
#
# The following modules are heading towards planned deprecation. The GNOME
# project does not recommend using them in new applications unless you
# require functionality that has not already been moved elsewhere.
#

depends_lib-append port:libgnomeprint port:libgnomeprintui

#
# mono fails on leopard ppc - #17996
#

if {"darwin" == ${os.platform} && 9 == ${os.major} && ${configure.build_arch} == "ppc"} {
depends_lib-delete port:gnome-sharp2
}

distfiles
use_configure no
build { }

destroot {
file mkdir ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/gnome
file copy ${filespath}/README.${name}.txt.in ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/gnome/README.${name}.txt
reinplace "s| PREFIX |${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/gnome/README.${name}.txt
}

post-activate {
ui_msg "\nTo start gnome put \"exec gnome-session\" in your .xinitrc"
ui_msg "See also http://trac.macports.org/wiki/GNOME\n"
}

livecheck.type none

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/gnome-desktop-suite
%  sudo port install gnome-desktop-suite  
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 gnome-desktop-suite
--->  Verifying checksum for gnome-desktop-suite
--->  Extracting gnome-desktop-suite
--->  Configuring gnome-desktop-suite
--->  Building gnome-desktop-suite with target all

--->  Staging gnome-desktop-suite into destroot

--->  Installing gnome-desktop-suite

- 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 gnome-desktop-suite with these commands:

%  man gnome-desktop-suite
%  apropos gnome-desktop-suite
%  which gnome-desktop-suite
%  locate gnome-desktop-suite

 Where to find more information: