Ale version 0.8.7 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Saturday the 7th of November, 2009

    version 0.8.7

      View the most recent changes for the ale port at: ale.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for ale.
      The raw portfile for ale 0.8.7 is located here:
      http://ale.darwinports.com/dports/graphics/ale/Portfile
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      The ale Portfile 54700 2009-07-31 21:15:47Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: ale
      Version: 0.8.7

      Description: antilamenessing engine
      Long Description: ALE is a free software program that renders high-fidelity images of real scenes by aligning and combining many similar images from a camera or scanner. The correct similarity between images is roughly that achieved by a somewhat unsteady hand holding a camera.
      Homepage: http://auricle.dyndns.org/ALE/
      Platform: darwin
      Category: graphics
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Master Sites: http://auricle.dyndns.org/ALE/download/:ale http://auricle.dyndns.org/ALE/bugs/:alepatch
      distfiles ale-${version}.tar.gz:ale

      extract.only ale-${version}.tar.gz
      worksrcdir ale-${version}
      Checksums: ale-${version}.tar.gz md5 d9e9aaf7896cfa74e8d75159e1ee2817

      depends_lib lib:Magick:ImageMagick

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -s -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/ale ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} Changelog COPYING README ${destroot}${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/ale
      % sudo port install ale
      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 ale
      ---> Verifying checksum for ale
      ---> Extracting ale
      ---> Configuring ale
      ---> Building ale with target all
      ---> Staging ale into destroot
      ---> Installing ale
    - 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 ale with these commands:
      %  man ale
      % apropos ale
      % which ale
      % locate ale

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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