Balance version 3.34 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 3.34

      View the most recent changes for the balance port at: balance.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for balance.
      The raw portfile for balance 3.34 is located here:
      http://balance.darwinports.com/dports/net/balance/Portfile
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      The balance Portfile 50277 2009-04-28 18:35:25Z jmr macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: balance
      Version: 3.34
      Category: net
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: simple but powerful generic TCP proxy
      Long Description: Balance is a simple but powerful generic TCP proxy with round-robin load balancing and failover mechanisms. Its behaviour can be controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax.

      Homepage: http://balance.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: http://www.inlab.de/
      Checksums: sha1 5980542f3ef28e9f2b97476d0e239a82f4917a37

      use_configure no

      build.args CFLAGS="-O2 -DBalanceBSD" CC=${configure.cc}

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/bin ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
      xinstall -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/balance ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 644 ${worksrcpath}/balance.1 ${destroot}${prefix}/share/man/man1
      }

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

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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