Libidn version 1.15 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.15

      View the most recent changes for the libidn port at: libidn.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for libidn.
      The raw portfile for libidn 1.15 is located here:
      http://libidn.darwinports.com/dports/mail/libidn/Portfile
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      The libidn Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: libidn
      Version: 1.15
      Category: mail
      Description: international domain name library
      Long Description: Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) working group, used for internationalized domain names. The library contains a generic Stringprep implementation that does Unicode 3.2 NFKC normalization, mapping and prohibitation of characters, and bidirectional character handling. Profiles for iSCSI, Kerberos 5, Nameprep, SASL and XMPP are included. Punycode and ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) via IDNA are supported.
      Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: foellinger.de:olaf
      Master Sites: gnu

      Checksums: md5 482a25b7b223e52f967fafd284a1a992 sha1 6321660c7072737110b790044cbf8653a95ea175 rmd160 fb02015566838cbd86dda5b74f0da9ef78009b1b

      depends_lib port:libiconv port:gettext
      configure.args --disable-csharp

      use_parallel_build yes

      test.run yes

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/$name/
      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/libidn
      % sudo port install libidn
      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 libidn
      ---> Verifying checksum for libidn
      ---> Extracting libidn
      ---> Configuring libidn
      ---> Building libidn with target all
      ---> Staging libidn into destroot
      ---> Installing libidn
    - 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 libidn with these commands:
      %  man libidn
      % apropos libidn
      % which libidn
      % locate libidn

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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