Download Fink Binary Release
The binary release of Fink saves you the burden of compiling the programs on your local machine. After installing a base system using the installer package, you can download pre-compiled binary packages from this site with the dselect and apt-get tools. Only a part of the packages are actually available as binary packages; the others can only be built from source as with the source release. This is mainly due to legal reasons with the affected (missing) packages.
Status: A binary installer for Fink 0.9.0 has been posted. The binary distribution is complete.
- Fink 0.9.0 Binary Installer (PowerPC) - 13635047 bytes, compressed .dmg disk image
- Fink 0.9.0 Binary Installer (Intel) - 14431371 bytes, compressed .dmg disk image
- Browse the Distribution Archive - here you will find the binary packages and the corresponding source.
Documentation is still sparse at this time. The installer disk image contains some notes (Fink ReadMe.rtf), plus a copy of the preliminary Fink User's Guide. More documentation is available on this website in the documentation section.
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