Stellarium version 0.10.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 0.10.2

      View the most recent changes for the stellarium port at: stellarium.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for stellarium.
      The raw portfile for stellarium 0.10.2 is located here:
      http://stellarium.darwinports.com/dports/science/stellarium/Portfile
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      The stellarium Portfile 58210 2009-09-24 06:56:08Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: stellarium
      Version: 0.10.2
      Revision: 1
      Category: science
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: raimue openmaintainer

      Description: Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.
      Long Description: Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
      Homepage: http://stellarium.org/

      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: md5 c544fff9e75e9317055075b658ae5924 sha1 aa24cbb8d4a911121108df67483b4c753402928e rmd160 ea88f1ba4c29a3a9087e5ca89a16258e59d12e72

      universal_variant no

      depends_build port:cmake
      depends_lib port:boost port:libsdl_mixer path:lib/pkgconfig/sdl.pc:libsdl port:qt4-mac port:freetype

      patch {
      reinplace "s:/Users/Shared/stellarium/:${applications_dir}/:" ${worksrcpath}/CMakeLists.txt
      }

      configure.cmd cmake
      # cmake is unable to find FreeType2, so specify it here
      configure.pre_args -DFreeType2_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${prefix}/include/freetype2 -DFreeType2_LIBRARIES:FILEPATH=${prefix}/lib/libfreetype.dylib
      configure.args -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=${prefix}/libexec/qt4-mac/bin/qmake -G \"Unix Makefiles\" .

      # This post-destroot phase is similar to the 'make macosx_bundle' target,
      # but it does not copy libraries into the bundle and does not require perl as
      # another dependency
      post-destroot {
      set appdir ${destroot}${applications_dir}/Stellarium.app/Contents

      move ${appdir}/bin ${appdir}/MacOS
      move ${appdir}/share ${appdir}/Resources
      eval move [glob ${appdir}/Resources/stellarium/*] ${appdir}/Resources/
      delete ${appdir}/Resources/stellarium
      }

      livecheck.regex "Stellarium-sources (.*) released.*"

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

     Where to find more information:

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