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The raw portfile for blackbox 0.70.1 is located here:
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# $Id: Portfile 32348 2007-12-26 20:23:54Z pmq macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: blackbox
Version: 0.70.1
Category: x11 x11-wm
Maintainers: pmq
Platform: darwin freebsd

Description: Blackbox is a fast, light window manager
Long Description: Blackbox is that fast, light window manager you have been looking for without all those annoying library dependancies. If you have a C++ compiler and the X Window System you can compile and use it.

Homepage: http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net
master_sites sourceforge:blackboxwm
checksums md5 2d173b95ca5e64ef478c6a5d2deee9df

livecheck.check regex
livecheck.url ${homepage}
livecheck.regex "Latest release: (\[0-9a-z.\]+)"

depends_lib lib:libX11.6:XFree86
configure.args --prefix=${prefix} --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

platform darwin 7 {
patchfiles-append patch-Toolbar.cc
}

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/blackbox
%  sudo port install blackbox  
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 blackbox
--->  Verifying checksum for blackbox
--->  Extracting blackbox
--->  Configuring blackbox
--->  Building blackbox with target all

--->  Staging blackbox into destroot

--->  Installing blackbox

- 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 blackbox with these commands:

%  man blackbox
%  apropos blackbox
%  which blackbox
%  locate blackbox

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