View the most recent changes for the desklaunch port at: desklaunch.darwinports.com/diff
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for desklaunch.
The raw portfile for desklaunch 1.1.5 is located here:
http://desklaunch.darwinports.com/dports/x11/desklaunch/Portfile
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The desklaunch Portfile 30259 2007-10-23 02:31:56Z jmpp macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: desklaunch
Version: 1.1.5
Revision: 0
Description: DeskLaunch is a small utility for creating desktop icons.
Long Description: DeskLaunch is a small utility for creating desktop icons using pixmaps. A simple click will launch the desired application. DeskLaunch itself runs unter X11 and uses a small configuration file to decide which icons to create. It is meant to supplement the Oroborus \"minimalistic window manager\".
Homepage: http://www.oroborus.org/
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Category: x11
Platform: darwin
distname ${name}_${version}
Master Sites: http://www.oroborus.org/debian/dists/sid/main/source/x11/ opendarwin
Checksums: md5 502c8799e3972561589534b7e06214c6
# not verified -- upstream does not publish signatures!
depends_lib lib:libX11.6:XFree86 lib:libXext.6:XFree86
Patch Files: patch-Makefile
worksrcdir ${name}-${version}
configure {}
destroot.destdir DESTDIR=${destroot}${prefix}

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

--->  Staging desklaunch into destroot

--->  Installing desklaunch

- 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 desklaunch with these commands:

%  man desklaunch
%  apropos desklaunch
%  which desklaunch
%  locate desklaunch

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