Fink Manual Install

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Here's how to get fink installed manually:

You can either use the binary installer linked to on my Quick Start page, or you can compile manually (the hard way). If you choose the latter, these instructions still work:

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Download the latest fink version

A binary installer has now become available for Intel Macs, or if you can bootstrap your own. Using the binary installer is a lot faster and easier, but if you need or want to compile everything yourself, just do this:

Download the latest fink tarball from sourceforge. Create a temporary directory to unpack this, eg: 

mkdir -p src/fink
cd src/fink
tar xvfz fink-0.xx.yy.tar.gz
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Bootstrap it

cd into the directory this creates, and issue the following command: 

./bootstrap.sh

This will take awhile. Tell it to create fink in /sw unless you have a compelling reason to do otherwise. (Doing otherwise will prevent you from using precompiled debian binaries from fink or from me).

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Configure it to run Unstable

Edit the file /sw/etc/fink.conf, and change the line that looks like this 

Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto

to this: 

Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/crypto
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Update it

Issue the commands 

fink selfupdate
fink update-all

Now you have an up to date package listing and base fink installation of the 10.4 tree.

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