The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. We modify Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac OS X ("port" it) and make it available for download as a coherent distribution. Fink uses Debian tools like dpkg and apt-get to provide powerful binary package management. You can choose whether you want to download precompiled binary packages or build everything from source. Read more...
2012-04-14: fink-0.32.6 released |
2012-05-19: liblastfm-mac-dev-0.3.3-2 (Development files for Last.fm web services) | |
StatusFink currently supports OS X 10.7 (Lion), 10.6 (SnowLeopard), and 10.5 (Leopard), and continues to run on older versions of OS X, although official updates are no longer available for the older versions. Installation instructions can be found on our source release page. XCode must be installed before Fink. 10.7 Support: 10.7 users must install or update XCode to version 4.1 or later (via a free download from the AppStore). Note that if you installed an earlier version of XCode prior to updating, you need to uninstall the old version first, by running /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools . You can determine your current version of XCode by running xcodebuild -version . 10.6 Support: For best results, 10.6 users are encouraged to upgrade XCode to version 3.2.6, or to version 4.2.1 if you paid for a 4.x Developer preview. Version 4.0.2 is known to have some bugs in its linker that prevent certain packages from building. Follow the instructions in the 10.7 section above regarding how to check your version and uninstall it, if needed.
10.5 Support:
Users are encouraged to update to OS 10.5.2 or later, via Software Update,
in order to get bugfixes and enhancements for X11. Further unofficial updates
continue to be made available on the
XQuartz Update Page.
We are not currently supporting Xquartz on 10.6 or 10.7. |
ResourcesIf you're looking for support, check out the help page. That page also lists various options to help the project and submit feedback. If you are looking for the source files which correspond to binaries distributed by the Fink project, please consult this page for instructions. The Fink project is hosted by SourceForge. In addition to hosting this site and the downloads, SourceForge provides the following resources for the project:
Please note that to use some of these resources (ie, to report a bug or request a new Fink package), you will need to be logged in to your SourceForge account. If you do not have one, you can sign up for one for free on the SourceForge web site. Additional resources hosted outside SourceForge include: |
