Menumeters version 1.3 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.3

      View the most recent changes for the menumeters port at: menumeters.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for menumeters.
      The raw portfile for menumeters 1.3 is located here:
      http://menumeters.darwinports.com/dports/aqua/MenuMeters/Portfile
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      The menumeters Portfile 50980 2009-05-14 19:41:55Z and.damore macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: MenuMeters
      Version: 1.3
      Category: aqua sysutils
      Maintainers: waqar
      Description: Set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools
      Long Description: The MenuMeters monitors are true SystemUIServer plugins (also known as Menu Extras). This means they can be reordered using command-drag and remember their positions in the menubar across logins and restarts.
      Homepage: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters
      Platform: macosx
      Master Sites: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/download
      distname ${name}
      Checksums: md5 e2957c514a1222b3ab8d4414dd1806eb sha1 fc00ebd506f89014a92372bc1bbe738f53409155

      post-extract {
      file rename ${workpath}/${name}\ ${version}\ Source ${worksrcpath}
      }
      worksrcdir ${name}-${version}
      use_configure no

      build.type pbx
      build.target -target PrefPane
      build.args build INSTALL_MODE_FLAG=go-w,a+rX

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}/Library/PreferencePanes
      file copy ${worksrcpath}/build/Release/${name}.prefPane ${destroot}/Library/PreferencePanes
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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