Etherape version 0.9.7 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Friday the 13th of November, 2009

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    version 0.9.7

      View the most recent changes for the etherape port at: etherape.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for etherape.
      The raw portfile for etherape 0.9.7 is located here:
      http://etherape.darwinports.com/dports/net/etherape/Portfile
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      The etherape Portfile 52287 2009-06-13 16:22:35Z macsforever2000 macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: etherape
      Version: 0.9.7
      Category: net
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: graphical network monitor
      Long Description: EtherApe is a graphical network monitor for Unix modeled after etherman. Featuring link layer, ip and TCP modes, it displays network activity graphically. Hosts and links change in size with traffic. Color coded protocols display. It supports Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, PPP and SLIP devices. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read traffic from a file as well as live from the network.
      Homepage: http://etherape.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge:etherape
      Platform: darwin
      Checksums: md5 7b5783090d92abe79634da4b582c6b48

      depends_lib port:libgnomeui port:libglade2 port:libiconv port:gettext port:libpcap

      configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --disable-thread-resolver

      configure.ldflags-append "-lintl -lresolv"
      configure.cflags-append "-I${prefix}/include"

      platform darwin {
      patchfiles patch-util.h
      }

      post-extract {
      reinplace "s|,--export-dynamic| |g" ${worksrcpath}/src/Makefile.in
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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