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Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for xsnow.
The raw portfile for xsnow 1.41 is located here:
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# $Id: Portfile 32429 2007-12-31 10:16:44Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: xsnow
Version: 1.41
revision 1
Description: Create a snowy and Santa-y desktop

Long Description: Xsnow displays lovely moving snowflakes on your desktop, with Santa Claus running all over the screen.

Maintainers: nomaintainer
Category: x11
Platform: darwin
Homepage: http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/rick/Xsnow/
master_sites ${homepage}
checksums md5 11be70ab18bb4f0f7fc4e9cf5d16b077
prefix ${x11prefix}
use_xmkmf yes
destroot.target install install.man

post-configure {
cd ${worksrcpath}
system "mv Makefile Makefile~"
system "sed -e 's: BINDIR .*:BINDIR=${prefix}/bin:' -e 's: MANDIR .*:MANDIR=${prefix}/share/man/man6:' -e 's: MANSUFFIX .*:MANSUFFIX=6:' Makefile"
}

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

--->  Staging xsnow into destroot

--->  Installing xsnow

- 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 xsnow with these commands:

%  man xsnow
%  apropos xsnow
%  which xsnow
%  locate xsnow

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