[30357] trunk/www/install.php
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Thu Oct 25 10:08:53 PDT 2007
Revision: 30357
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/30357
Author: jmpp at macports.org
Date: 2007-10-25 10:08:53 -0700 (Thu, 25 Oct 2007)
Log Message:
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Give some preliminary instructions to pkg and source installing users: man page, guide and then the help section.
Also some more whitespace cleanups.
I promise I am now done with this page! ;-)
Modified Paths:
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trunk/www/install.php
Modified: trunk/www/install.php
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--- trunk/www/install.php 2007-10-25 16:56:26 UTC (rev 30356)
+++ trunk/www/install.php 2007-10-25 17:08:53 UTC (rev 30357)
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
<li>“dmg” disk images for <a href="<?php print $leopard_dmg; ?>">Leopard (Universal)</a>, <a
href="<?php print $tiger_dmg; ?>">Tiger (Universal)</a> and <a href="<?php print $panther_dmg; ?>">Panther (PowerPC)
</a>, containing pkg installers for use with the Mac OS X Installer. By far the simplest intallation procedure
- that most users should <a href="#pkg">follow</a> after meeting the requirements listed <a href="#requirements">below
- </a>.</li>
+ that most users should <a href="#pkg">follow</a> after meeting the requirements listed <a href="#requirements">
+ below</a>.</li>
<li>In <a href="#source">source form</a> as either a <a href="<?php print $bz2_tarball ?>">tar.bz2</a> package
or a <a href="<?php print $gz_tarball; ?>">tar.gz</a> one for manual compilation, if you intend to customize your
installation in any way.</li>
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@
following the on-screen instructions until completion.</p>
<p>This procedure will place a fully functional and default MacPorts installation on your host system, ready for
- usage. If needed your shell configuration files will be adapted by the installer to include the necessary settings to
- run MacPorts and the programs it installs, but you may need to open a new shell for these changes to take effect.</p>
+ usage. If needed your shell configuration files will be adapted by the installer to include the necessary settings
+ to run MacPorts and the programs it installs, but you may need to open a new shell for these changes to take effect.
+ </p>
<p>The MacPorts “<kbd>selfupdate</kbd>” command will be run for you by the installer to ensure you have
our latest available release and the latest revisions to the “Portfiles” that contain the instructions
@@ -73,9 +74,13 @@
<pre>sudo port -d selfupdate</pre>
- <p>At this point you should be ready to enjoy MacPorts!</p>
+ <p>At this point you should be ready to enjoy MacPorts!
+ <p>Type “<kbd>man port</kbd>” at the command line prompt and/or browse over to our <a href="<?php print
+ $guide_url; ?>">Guide</a> to find out more information about using MacPorts. <a href="#help">Help</a> is also available.
+ </p>
+
<h3 class="subhdr" id="source">Source Installation</h3>
<p>If on the other hand you decide to install MacPorts from source there are still a couple of things you will need
@@ -125,25 +130,28 @@
<pre>sudo port -d selfupdate</pre>
- <p>Upon completion MacPorts will be ready to install ports! Again, it is recommended to run the above
- command on a regular basis to keep your installation current.</p>
+ <p>Upon completion MacPorts will be ready to install ports! </p>
+ <p>It is recommended to run the above command on a regular basis to keep your installation current. Type “<kbd>
+ man port</kbd>” at the command line prompt and/or browse over to our <a href="<?php print $guide_url; ?>">Guide
+ </a> to find out more information about using MacPorts. <a href="#help">Help</a> is also available.</p>
+
<h3 class="subhdr" id="svn">SVN Sources</h3>
<p>If you are developer or a user with a taste for the bleeding edge and wish for the latest changes and feature
additions, you may acquire the MacPorts sources through SVN.</p>
<p>Use the following command to check the project's “trunk” out of the MacPorts anonymous subversion
- repository, containing all of our source modules (MacPorts' “base”, the ports tree and all of our documentation
- in raw form):</p>
+ repository, containing all of our source modules (MacPorts' “base”, the ports tree and all of
+ documentation in raw form):</p>
<pre>svn co <?php print $svn_url . 'trunk'; ?></pre>
<p>Purpose specific branches are also available at the <kbd><?php print $svn_url . 'branches'; ?></kbd> url.</p>
- <p>Alternatively, if you'd simply like to view the SVN repository without checking it out, you can do so via the
- <a href="http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/browser">Trac source browser</a>.</p>
+ <p>Alternatively, if you'd simply like to view the SVN repository without checking it out, you can do so via the <a
+ href="http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/browser">Trac source browser</a>.</p>
<h3 class="subhdr">Other Platforms</h3>
@@ -164,11 +172,11 @@
checksums</li>
</ul>
- <p>Naturally you must install from <a href="#source">source</a> or from an <a href="#svn">SVN checkout</a> to run MacPorts
- on any of these platforms.</p>
+ <p>Naturally you must install from <a href="#source">source</a> or from an <a href="#svn">SVN checkout</a> to run
+ MacPorts on any of these platforms.</p>
- <h3 class="subhdr">Help</h3>
+ <h3 class="subhdr" id="help">Help</h3>
<p>Help on a wide variety of topics is also available in the project <a href="<?php print $guide_url; ?>">Guide</a>
and through our <a href="<?php print $trac_url; ?>">Trac portal</a> should you run into any problems installing and/or
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