Gphoto2 version 2.4.4 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.4.4

      View the most recent changes for the gphoto2 port at: gphoto2.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for gphoto2.
      The raw portfile for gphoto2 2.4.4 is located here:
      http://gphoto2.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/gphoto2/Portfile
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      The gphoto2 Portfile 54147 2009-07-21 23:52:48Z brett macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: gphoto2
      Version: 2.4.4
      Revision: 1
      Category: graphics
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: command line interface to libgphoto2.
      Long Description: gphoto2 is the command line interface to libgphoto2. It allows almost everything that libgphoto2 can do.

      Platform: darwin

      Homepage: http://www.gphoto.org/proj/gphoto2/
      Master Sites: sourceforge:gphoto
      use_bzip2 yes

      Checksums: md5 bcc5621e09802e114c7f72a6f6172230 sha1 dc10455a0a3a90b3101bc94706469852454c8bd8 rmd160 b222df465736898cc0bc78c5d21e4bb624f1cb87

      depends_build path:bin/pkg-config:pkgconfig
      depends_lib port:gettext port:jpeg port:libexif port:libgphoto2 port:libiconv port:libusb-compat port:popt port:readline

      configure.cflags-append -I${prefix}/include
      configure.env POPT_CFLAGS="-I${prefix}/include" POPT_LIBS="-L${prefix}/lib -lpopt"
      configure.args --without-cdk --without-aalib

      destroot.target install-strip
      post-destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }


    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/gphoto2
      % sudo port install gphoto2
      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 gphoto2
      ---> Verifying checksum for gphoto2
      ---> Extracting gphoto2
      ---> Configuring gphoto2
      ---> Building gphoto2 with target all
      ---> Staging gphoto2 into destroot
      ---> Installing gphoto2
    - 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 gphoto2 with these commands:
      %  man gphoto2
      % apropos gphoto2
      % which gphoto2
      % locate gphoto2

     Where to find more information:

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