Oroborus version 2.0.18 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.0.18

      View the most recent changes for the oroborus port at: oroborus.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for oroborus.
      The raw portfile for oroborus 2.0.18 is located here:
      http://oroborus.darwinports.com/dports/x11/oroborus/Portfile
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      The oroborus Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: oroborus
      Version: 2.0.18
      Revision: 1
      Description: Oroborus basically is a really minimalistic window manager.
      Long Description: Oroborus is a really minimalistic window manager. It is highly configurable, small and mostly KDE and GNOME compatible.
      Homepage: http://www.oroborus.org/
      Maintainers: dreamind.de:dreamind
      Category: x11 x11-wm
      Platform: darwin
      distname ${name}_${version}
      Master Sites: http://www.oroborus.org/debian/dists/sid/main/source/x11/
      Checksums: md5 d9b94935d6b904ddeadb9b83f2159565
      # not verified -- upstream does not publish signatures!
      depends_lib port:xorg-libsm port:xorg-libXext port:xpm
      worksrcdir ${name}-${version}

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

     Where to find more information:

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