Download and Install libao version 0.8.8 on Mac OS X
Monday the 6th of October, 2008

    version 0.8.8

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      http://libao.darwinports.com/dports/audio/libao/Portfile
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      # $Id: Portfile 34905 2008-03-10 20:48:27Z yves macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: libao
      Version: 0.8.8
      revision 2
      Category: audio
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: A Cross-platform Audio Library
      Long Description: libao is a way to easily add cross-platform audio output to your program. Output devices are implemented as dynamic plugins, and support for OSS, ESD, ALSA, aRTs, Solaris, and Irix outputs are currently supported.
      Homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ao/
      Platform: darwin
      master_sites http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/
      checksums md5 b92cba3cbcf1ee9bc221118a85d23dcd

      patchfiles patch-AU-configure patch-AU-src__plugins__macosx__ao_macosx.c
      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|/etc/libao.conf|${prefix}/etc/libao.conf|" ${worksrcpath}/CHANGES ${worksrcpath}/doc/config.html ${worksrcpath}/libao.conf.5 ${worksrcpath}/src/ao_private.h }

      configure.args --disable-arts --disable-esd --disable-oss --disable-X

      post-destroot {
      if [variant_isset darwin] {
      system "echo default_driver=macosx >> ${destroot}${prefix}/etc/libao.conf"
      }
      }

      platform darwin 6 {
      depends_lib-append lib:libdl:dlcompat
      }

      platform darwin {
      }

      Variant: esd {
      depends_lib-append lib:libesd.0:esound
      configure.args-delete --disable-esd
      configure.args-append --enable-esd
      }

      livecheck.check regex
      livecheck.url ${master_sites}?C=M&O=D
      livecheck.regex ${name}-(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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