Running lirc on Mac OS X - pointers needed

[Matt W. <ma...@ma...>]

Hi,

I've bought a Mac Mini which I'm trying to set up as a MythTV box. I have a Hauppague remote which I've used with lirc / MythTV before on another machine running Ubuntu, and I'd like to use it with the Mac. I realise that I could install Ubuntu on the Mac but I'd rather stick with OS X if possible since that's a more familiar operating system to the other members of the family.

I've seen a few articles or threads that make reference to using lirc with a Mac, but none of them seem very up to date. For example this [1] which seems to recommend using MacPorts - I'd really rather not install MacPorts unless I have to.

I'm reasonably comfortable building things from source, but before I set out on that I'd like to get an idea of whether it's even possible, or whether there's a simpler route. 

Any advice? Thanks very much in advance.

[1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/326150

cheers,
Matt