How to emulate middle mouse button in Lion on MBAir?

I've installed a couple apps via MacPorts and found that features in them require clicking a middle mouse button. But I can't find anything in System Preferences-->Trackpad about configuring a gesture or key+click that emulates a middle mouse button. A google search implies that cmd+click used to work for this, but it doesn't seem to be working in Lion.
How does a Lion user emulate a middle button of a three-button mouse on a MacBook Air's trackpad?

You might see if you can get the feature from one of these:
Jitouch
BetterTouchToo...
MagicPrefs

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