So, just save pftpfxp anywhere in your hard drive, open a shell in Terminal, and cd into that dir, like cd ~/Desktop (if that's where you saved it). Then do tar xvzf pftpfxp-v0.11.4mew6.tgz to extract three folders:
mIRC-mew
pftpfxp-autoconnect
pftpfxp-mew
The only one that matters to compile the client is pftpfxp-mew, so do this:
$ cd ~/Desktop/pftpfxp-mew/
$ ./configure bsd
Read the rest of the hint for the remainder of the how-to...Now you have to edit the resulting Makefile file in the src dir:
pico ~/Desktop/pftpfxp-mew/src/Makefile
On the third line, there's an entry that reads:
LINKFLAGS = -pthread -lpanel -lncurses
Just delete the -pthread reference, and hit Control-O and Control-X to save and exit from pico. At the prompt, issue a
make static (or in case you want a dynamic binary, make dynamic). This should compile cleanly, well kinda ... but don't worry about the warnings. Remember that after compiling, you should edit the file config in the pftpfxp-mew/.pftp directory to reflect your settings -- like this:
pico ~/Desktop/pftpfxp-mew/.pftp/config
Notice that the folder .pftp should always reside one level below where the pftp binary is. This file is self-explanatory, but for those of you just wanting to give it a try, edit the entry labeled OKAYDIR and point it to some existing folder like making a temp under where the pftp binary is:
mkdir /Users/your-user-name/Desktop/pftpfxp-mew/temp
Leaving the OKAYDIR entry like this:
OKAYDIR=/Users/your-user-name/Desktop/pftpfxp-mew/temp
I advise in reading the README.MEW and the keymap files under the .pftp folder. Have fun!

