Visualboyadvance version 1.7.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.7.2

      View the most recent changes for the visualboyadvance port at: visualboyadvance.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for visualboyadvance.
      The raw portfile for visualboyadvance 1.7.2 is located here:
      http://visualboyadvance.darwinports.com/dports/emulators/VisualBoyAdvance/Portfile
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      The visualboyadvance Portfile 50984 2009-05-14 21:08:43Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: VisualBoyAdvance
      Version: 1.7.2
      Maintainers: users.sourceforge.net:jtonio
      Category: emulators games
      Description: An emulator for Gameboy and GameboyAdvance systems.
      Long Description: An emulator for Gameboy and GameboyAdvance systems.

      Homepage: http://vba.ngemu.com/index.shtml
      Platform: darwin

      distfiles ${name}-src-${version}.tar.gz
      Master Sites: sourceforge:vba
      Checksums: md5 cc02339e3fd8efd9f23121b0a2f81fd8

      depends_lib bin:sdl-config:libsdl lib:libpng:libpng

      configure.cxxflags-append "-I${prefix}/include"

      destroot.destdir prefix=${destroot}${prefix}

      platform darwin i386 {
      configure.args-append --enable-c-core --without-mmx
      }


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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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