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+<pre>
+sudo port install haskell-platform git-core ossp-uuid md5sha1sum
+
+[waits forever…]
+[finished]
+[realizes missingh isn't working in MacPorts]
+
+sudo cabal  update
+sudo cabal install missingh
+sudo cabal install utf8-string
+
+git clone  git://git.kitenet.net/git-annex
+
+cd git-annex
+make
+sudo install git-annex /usr/local/bin/ # makefile is weird
+</pre>
+
+Originally posted by Jon at <https://gist.github.com/671785> --[[Joey]]