On 7/9/06, Heinz Nabielek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 17508 Jul 2 06:05 /opt/local/bin/octave-2.1.72 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 22216 Jun 28 00:01 /sw/bin/octave-2.1.72 > > shows my two versions of "octave", one installed by DarwinPort and > one installed by fink. > > They seem to perform identical and so they should. > > What in the end is the difference between DarwinPort and fink? > > Heinz > > They are two different mechanisms by which you can install the same software packages. They have different build engines and dependency tracking. (for a Linux equivalent cf. rpm vs dpkg)
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