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The raw portfile for gxmessage 2.4.4 is located here:
http://gxmessage.darwinports.com/dports/x11/gxmessage/Portfile
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# $Id: Portfile 30259 2007-10-23 02:31:56Z jmpp macports.org $
PortSystem 1.0
Name: gxmessage
Version: 2.4.4
Description: a GTK-based xmessage clone.
Long Description: gxmessage opens a window to display a message obtained from the command line, from a file, or from stdin. The window includes a row of buttons, each of which causes the program to exit with a different return code.
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Category: x11
Platform: darwin
Homepage: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~trmusson/programs.html#gxmessage
master_sites http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~trmusson/stuff
checksums md5 dc9b7b029d5acbaf5e7b913e38589c8e
depends_lib lib:libgtk.2:gtk2
configure.args --mandir=${prefix}/share/man

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

--->  Staging gxmessage into destroot

--->  Installing gxmessage

- 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 gxmessage with these commands:

%  man gxmessage
%  apropos gxmessage
%  which gxmessage
%  locate gxmessage

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