On Jan 22, 2008, at 09:19, Patrick González wrote:

I have installed MacPorts in the intend of using xfig. Unfortunatly, the port of xfig does not work. Apparently, someone posted a patch file to address this issue but I have no idea how to use this patch file. I have looked the user guide but it was of little help since it explains more how to create such patch file than how to use it.

Can someone explain me how to fix the xfig port step by step ?

That would generally be: cd `port dir portname` sudo patch -p0 < /path/to/patchfile For example: cd `port dir xfig` sudo patch -p0 < ~/Desktop/Portfile-xfig.diff Now, if xfig is already installed, uninstall it: sudo port uninstall xfig Then clean the xfig work area, just to be sure: sudo port clean --work xfig Then you can try install ing it again: sudo port install xfig Maybe Paul can also comment on why the patch has not yet been added to the portfile?