Pen version 0.17.1 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Monday the 15th of March, 2010

    version 0.17.1

      View the most recent changes for the pen port at: pen.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for pen.
      The raw portfile for pen 0.17.1 is located here:
      http://pen.darwinports.com/dports/net/pen/Portfile
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      The pen Portfile 33297 2008-01-23 09:32:47Z ryandesign macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: pen
      Version: 0.17.1
      Category: net
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: load balancer for simple tcp based protocols
      Long Description: pen is a load balancer for simple tcp based protocols such as http or smtp. It allows several servers to appear as one to the outside and automatically detects servers that are down and distributes clients among the available servers. This gives high availability and scalable performance.

      Homepage: http://siag.nu/pen/
      Master Sites: ftp://siag.nu/pub/pen/ http://siag.nu/pub/pen/
      Checksums: sha1 22ea31cd8b7e1b08f6d89e5b56f9be5a12f44f71

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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