Cotvnc version 2.0b4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 2.0b4

      View the most recent changes for the cotvnc port at: cotvnc.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for cotvnc.
      The raw portfile for cotvnc 2.0b4 is located here:
      http://cotvnc.darwinports.com/dports/aqua/cotvnc/Portfile
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      The cotvnc Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0
      PortGroup xcode 1.0
      Name: cotvnc
      Version: 2.0b4
      Category: aqua vnc
      Maintainers: kallisys.net:pguyot
      Description: Chicken of the VNC is a VNC client for Mac OS X
      Long Description: Chicken of the VNC is a Cocoa based VNC client for Mac OS X. A VNC client allows one to display and interact with a remote computer screen. In other words, you can use Chicken of the VNC to interact with a remote computer as though it's right next to you.
      Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/
      Master Sites: sourceforge:cotvnc
      distname ${name}-[strsed ${version} {g/[.]//}]-source
      extract.suffix .tgz
      Checksums: md5 9383068b0a381857551404c86bd05dc1 sha1 1a749854f314d62d1e54b9ae1ce5ac13bb20f1e8 rmd160 dce9aafff048545e2612c6795c0ee118f3bc0da8
      depends_lib lib:libz.1:zlib

      worksrcdir ${name}
      xcode.destroot.settings SKIP_INSTALL=NO

      # Fix non-root destroot.
      # (this is a workaround for bug rdar://5071108).
      pre-destroot {
      fs-traverse dir ${worksrcpath}/build {
      if {[file isdirectory ${dir}]} {
      file attributes ${dir} -permissions u+w
      }
      }
      }
      post-destroot {
      fs-traverse dir ${destroot} {
      if {[file isdirectory ${dir}]} {
      file attributes ${dir} -permissions u+w
      }
      }
      }

      livecheck.type sourceforge
      livecheck.distname cotvnc Chicken of the VNC

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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