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The raw portfile for xchat 1.8.11 is located here:
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The xchat Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: xchat
Version: 1.8.11
Revision: 1
Category: irc
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: GTK+ IRC client
Homepage: http://www.xchat.org/
Platform: darwin

Long Description: XChat is a graphical IRC client based on GTK that has many features and can be scripted with Perl and/or Python.

Master Sites: http://www.xchat.org/files/source/1.8/
Checksums: md5 951f5b2fe2d5deef08f7f519414072a1

use_bzip2 yes

depends_lib port:gettext port:gtk1

configure.env LIBS="-L${prefix}/lib"
configure.cflags-append "-I${prefix}/include"
configure.cppflags-append "-no-cpp-precomp"

configure.args --disable-perl

platform darwin i386 {
configure.args-append --disable-mmx
}

livecheck.type none

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

--->  Staging xchat into destroot

--->  Installing xchat

- 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 xchat with these commands:

%  man xchat
%  apropos xchat
%  which xchat
%  locate xchat

 Where to find more information: