macports and specific build

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 11, 2006, at 16:24, Mark Hattam wrote:

>> On Oct 11, 2006, at 12:14, Aurélien Lignel wrote:
>>
>>> How can I build a soft with specific built command?
>>>
>>>  example : port install <soft> <"--disable-nls">
>>> It's possible?
>>
>> MacPorts takes the view that not every configure option is useful,  
>> and that you shouldn't have to look through the output of "./ 
>> configure --help" and read a bunch of text to figure out which  
>> ones are useful. So part of the job of a port author is to  
>> determine which options are useful, and turn these into so-called  
>> port variants. So you should say "port info foo" where "foo" is  
>> the name of the software you want to install, and it will list the  
>> variants that the port author has included, and there will  
>> hopefully be a variant or variants matching your desires. Then you  
>> install with those variants by saying "sudo port install foo  
>> +variant1 +variant2" where "variant1" and "variant2" are variants  
>> from the list printed by "port info foo".
>
> So how do I install something like php4 with gd support when gd  
> isn't listed among the variants?

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The php4 port version 4.4.4 revision 2 does include a gd variant.  
Make sure you have the latest version of the port by first saying  
"sudo port sync"