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<title>Fink Documentation - The Fink F.A.Q.</title></head><body>
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<p>This is the list of frequently asked questions about Fink. Like in most
FAQs, some questions are taken from real life and some are made up. It's really
more like a documentation written in an ad-hoc, question and answer style.</p>
<p>The FAQ consists of several pages, one for each section. All questions
are listed and linked in the table of contents below.</p>
<h2>Contents</h2><ul><li><a href="#general"><b>1 General
Questions</b></a><ul><li><a href="#general.what">1.1 What is
Fink?</a></li><li><a href="#general.naming">1.2 What does the name Fink stand
for?</a></li><li><a href="#general.bsd-ports">1.3 How is Fink different
from the BSD port mechanism (this includes OpenPackages and GNU-Darwin)?
- </a></li><li><a href="#general.usr-local">1.4 Why doesn't Fink
install into /usr/local?</a></li><li><a href="#general.why-sw">1.5 Then why did
you choose /sw?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#relations"><b>2 Relations with
Other Projects</b></a><ul><li><a href="#relations.upstream">2.1 Do you
contribute your patches back to the upstream maintainers?</a></li><li><a
href="#relations.debian">2.2 What is your relation with the Debian project? Are
you porting Debian Linux to Mac OS X?</a></li><li><a
href="#relations.apple">2.3 What is your relation with Apple?</a></li><li><a
href="#relations.darwinports">2.4 What is your relation with
Darwinports?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#mirrors"><b>3 Fink
mirrors</b></a><ul><li><a href="#mirrors.when-use">3.1 What are Fink
Mirrors?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.why">3.2 Why should I use rsync
mirrors?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.where">3.3 Where can I find more
information about Fink mirrors?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.when-not">3.4 I
cannot connect to rsync server, what should I do?</a></li><li><a
href="#mirrors.otherinfogone">3.5 I have switched to the rsync method now all
info files from the unused trees are gone</a></li><li><a
href="#mirrors.howswitch">3.6 How can I switch back and forth between
methods.</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.status">3.7 Can I see what the current
status of rsync mirrors is?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.Master">3.8 What is a
Distfiles mirror?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#upgrade-fink"><b>4 Upgrading
Fink (version-specific troubleshooting)</b></a><ul><li><a
href="#upgrade-fink.gcc-0.16.0">4.1 I just upgraded to 0.16.0 and it tells me
"Your version of the gcc 3.3 compiler is out of date." What do I
do?</a></li><li><a href="#upgrade-fink.fink-0220">4.2 Fink doesn't see new
packages even after I've run an rsync or cvs
selfupdate.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#usage-fink"><b>5 Installing, Using
and Maintaining Fink</b></a><ul><li><a href="#usage-fink.what-packages">5.1 How
can I find out what packages Fink supports?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.proxy">5.2 I'm behind a firewall. How do I configure Fink to
use an HTTP proxy?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.firewalled-cvs">5.3 How do
I update available packages from CVS when I am behind a
firewall?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.moving">5.4 Can I move Fink to
another location after installation?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.moving-symlink">5.5 If I move Fink after installation and
provide a symlink from the
+ </a></li><li><a href="#general.usr-local">1.4 Why doesn't Fink
install into /usr/local?</a></li><li><a href="#general.why-sw">1.5 Then why did
you choose /sw?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#relations"><b>2 Relations with
Other Projects</b></a><ul><li><a href="#relations.upstream">2.1 Do you
contribute your patches back to the upstream maintainers?</a></li><li><a
href="#relations.debian">2.2 What is your relation with the Debian project? Are
you porting Debian Linux to Mac OS X?</a></li><li><a
href="#relations.apple">2.3 What is your relation with Apple?</a></li><li><a
href="#relations.darwinports">2.4 What is your relation with
Darwinports?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#mirrors"><b>3 Fink
mirrors</b></a><ul><li><a href="#mirrors.when-use">3.1 What are Fink
Mirrors?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.why">3.2 Why should I use rsync
mirrors?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.where">3.3 Where can I find more
information about Fink mirrors?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.when-not">3.4 I
cannot connect to rsync server, what should I do?</a></li><li><a
href="#mirrors.otherinfogone">3.5 I have switched to the rsync method now all
info files from the unused trees are gone</a></li><li><a
href="#mirrors.howswitch">3.6 How can I switch back and forth between
methods.</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.status">3.7 Can I see what the current
status of rsync mirrors is?</a></li><li><a href="#mirrors.Master">3.8 What is a
Distfiles mirror?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#upgrade-fink"><b>4 Upgrading
Fink (version-specific troubleshooting)</b></a><ul><li><a
href="#upgrade-fink.gcc-0.16.0">4.1 I just upgraded to 0.16.0 and it tells me
"Your version of the gcc 3.3 compiler is out of date." What do I
do?</a></li><li><a href="#upgrade-fink.leopard-bindist1">4.2 Fink doesn't see
new packages even after I've run an rsync or cvs selfupdate.</a></li><li><a
href="#upgrade-fink.leopard-bindist2">4.3 When I try to install stuff I get
'Can't resolve dependency "fink (>= 0.28.0)"'</a></li></ul></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink"><b>5 Installing, Using and Maintaining
Fink</b></a><ul><li><a href="#usage-fink.what-packages">5.1 How can I find out
what packages Fink supports?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.proxy">5.2 I'm
behind a firewall. How do I configure Fink to use an HTTP proxy?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.firewalled-cvs">5.3 How do I update available packages from
CVS when I am behind a firewall?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.moving">5.4
Can I move Fink to another location after installation?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.moving-symlink">5.5 If I move Fink after installation and
provide a symlink from the
old location, will it work?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.removing">5.6 How can I uninstall all of Fink?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.bindist">5.7 The package database at the website lists
package xxx, but apt-get
and dselect know nothing about it. Who's lying?</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.unstable">5.8 There's this package in unstable that I want to
install, but the
fink command just says 'no package found'. How can I install
it?</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.unstable-onepackage">5.9 Do I
<b>really</b> need to enable all of unstable just to install
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<div class="question"><p><b>Q4.1: I just upgraded to 0.16.0 and it tells
me "Your version of the gcc 3.3 compiler is out of date." What do I
do?</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> As of the release of Panther, Fink has
been updated to understand the newer gcc 3.3 compiler. In order to be able to
support users on both 10.2 (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther), we are requiring all
users to install the latest gcc 3.3 update (August 2003 Updater, and the
Panther XCode tools, respectively). You will get this warning if you installed
the earlier XCode beta updater for Mac OS X 10.2's December 2002 developer
tools. If you're on 10.2, the command:</p><pre>gcc --version</pre><p>should
tell you what version you have. As of October 24th, 2003, we require build 1493
or higher.</p><p>10.2 users can download the August 2003 Updater from <a
href="http://developer.apple.com/";>Apple Developer Connection</a> (free
registration required).</p><p>10.3 users should upgrade to a Panther-compatible
developer tools release (i.e. XCode). A CD with XCode should have been provided
with your Panther media.</p></div>
</a>
- <a name="upgrade-fink.fink-0220">
+ <a name="upgrade-fink.leopard-bindist1">
<div class="question"><p><b>Q4.2: Fink doesn't see new packages even
after I've run an rsync or cvs selfupdate.</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This is a current issue for people on
OS 10.5 using the binary installer. Check your version:</p><pre>fink
--version</pre><p>If you currently have <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink-0.27.13-41</tt>, which is the version that comes
with the installer, or <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink-0.27.16-41</tt>, then there are a couple of options.</p><ul>
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</li>
</ul><p>Either will bring you the newest <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink</tt> version.</p></div>
</a>
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+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q4.3: When I try to install stuff I get
'Can't resolve dependency "fink (>= 0.28.0)"'</b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> Apply the fix from <a
href="#upgrade-fink.leopard-bindist1">the prior entry.</a></p></div>
+ </a>
<h2><a name="usage-fink">5 Installing, Using and Maintaining Fink</a></h2>
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