View the most recent changes for the desktop-file-utils port at: desktop-file-utils.darwinports.com/diff
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for desktop-file-utils.
The raw portfile for desktop-file-utils 0.15 is located here:
http://desktop-file-utils.darwinports.com/dports/gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile
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The desktop-file-utils Portfile 57375 2009-09-10 08:16:41Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0

Name: desktop-file-utils
Version: 0.15
Revision: 1
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Category: gnome
Platform: darwin
Description: Command line utilities for working with desktop entries.

Long Description: ${description}

Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
Master Sites: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/

Checksums: md5 2fe8ebe222fc33cd4a959415495b7eed sha1 10e9a3d2033fd676d7bb44ca7ba376f815ca0821 rmd160 ab6fc0bc116d6ec338ef2699b96d57698d4a1d03

depends_lib path:lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc:glib2 port:popt

# emacs could probably be turned back on in a variant, depending on emacs
# from MacPorts, as for some this may otherwise fail (ticket #15922)
configure.env-append EMACS="no"

post-activate {
system "update-desktop-database -q ${prefix}/share/applications; true"
}

livecheck.type regex
livecheck.url "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/?C=M;O=D"
livecheck.regex {desktop-file-utils-([0-9\.]+)\.tar\.gz}

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

--->  Staging desktop-file-utils into destroot

--->  Installing desktop-file-utils

- 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 desktop-file-utils with these commands:

%  man desktop-file-utils
%  apropos desktop-file-utils
%  which desktop-file-utils
%  locate desktop-file-utils

 Where to find more information: