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+Installation for Mac OS X users
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+
+We try to keep the Wiki pages on compiling inkscape up-to-date and
+comprehensive. It is here:
+
+http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingMacOsX
+
+For a brief overview:
+
+We suggest to use macports (http://macports.org) in order to achieve all
+the necessary components and libraries. Than there is a mighty tool called
+"osx-build.sh" in the packaging/macosx directory of the unpacked tarball.
+This script will do most of the work for you.
+