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<p>
The source distribution comes as a standard Unix tarball (.tar.gz).
-It contains only the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink</tt> package
manager and its package
-descriptions and will download the source for packages on the fly.
+It contains only the <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink</tt> package
manager and will download the source for packages on the fly.
You can get it from the
<a href="http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php";>download page</a>.
-It is important that you don't use StuffIt Expander to extract the tar
-archive.
-For some reason StuffIt still can't handle long file names.
-If StuffIt Expander already extracted the archive, throw away the
-folder it created.
+Older versions of StuffIt Expander have difficuly with handling long file
names, so if you have any problems you'll need to remove the folder it
generates and follow the command-line instructions below.
</p>
<p>
The source release must be installed from the command line, so open
Terminal.app and change to the directory where you put the
-fink-0.x.x-full.tar.gz archive.
-(Note: If you have OS X 10.4 and XCode 2.1, you should use
-<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.8.0-full-XCode-2.1.tar.gz</tt>
instead, and make
-the appropriate changes below.)
-The following command extracts the archive:
+ <tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.27.x.tar.gz</tt> archive. Your web
browser may have partially extracted the archive; in this case you will have
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.27.x.tar</tt> in your download
directory, and you should skip the first command below.
+
+The following commands extract the archive:
</p>
- <pre>tar -xzf fink-0.x.x-full.tar.gz</pre>
+
+ <pre>
+gunzip fink-0.27.x.tar.gz
+tar -xf fink-0.27.x.tar</pre>
<p>
That creates a directory with the same name as the archive.
-We'll just keep on using the placeholder <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink-0.x.x-full</tt>
-here.
+We'll just keep on using the placeholder
+<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-0.27.x</tt> here.
Now, change into that directory and run the bootstrap script:
</p>
- <pre>cd fink-0.x.x-full
-./bootstrap.sh</pre>
+ <pre>cd fink-0.27.x
+./bootstrap</pre>
<p>
The script will run some checks on your system and use sudo to become
root - that will prompt you for your password.
@@ -279,8 +275,8 @@
<p>
To use the software installed in Fink's directory hierarchy, including
the package management programs themselves, you must set your PATH
-environment variable (and some others) accordingly.
-In most cases, you can do this by entering the command
+environment variable (and some others) accordingly. Current Fink versions do
this automatically, and typically you will just need to open a new Terminal.app
window to ensure that these settings are applied. However, in some instances
you will need to proceed manually.</p>
+<p>In most cases, you can do this by entering the command
</p>
<pre>/sw/bin/pathsetup.sh</pre>
<p>
@@ -385,10 +381,11 @@
qt package sets the QTDIR environment variable.
</p>
<p>
-Once your environment is set up, proceed to the
+Once your environment is set up, you will need to grab package descriptions
as per the <a href="#upgrade">Upgrading Fink</a> chapter under <b>Upgrading the
Source Distribution</b>, and then proceed to the
<a href="#packages">Installing Packages</a> chapter to see how
you can install some actually useful packages using the various
-package management tools included in Fink.
+package management tools included in Fink.
+
</p>
<h2><a name="packages">3 Installing Packages</a></h2>
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