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Support for macOS 11 through macOS 13
The main source branch for Fink development supports macOS 11 through macOS 13, under both intel (x86_64) and Apple's M1 and M2 (arm64) CPUs.
Final work on a full release is ongoing. As t...
fink-0.45.6 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.45.6. This is a quick release to fix a bug introduced in fink-0.45.5 (issue #240).
This release does not yet support macOS 11 (Big Sur) or macOS 12 (Monte...
fink-0.45.4 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.45.4. This is a minor upgrade to support XQuartz 2.8.
This release does not yet support macOS 11 (Big Sur) or macOS 12 (Monterey). Support for those two r...
fink-0.45.3 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.45.3. This is a minor behavioral fix for an issue introduced in 0.45.2. With this release, the default prefix for new installs is reverted to /sw for all macOS...
fink-0.45.2 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.45.2. This release provides support for all macOS releases up to and including 10.15.7. Most importantly, it changes the default install path location to /opt/s...
fink-0.45.1 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.45.1. This release provides support for all macOS releases up to and including 10.15.4, as well as support for users running the zsh shell. Run fink selfupdate...
Further 10.15 (Catalina) and Xcode11 upgrade details
If upgrading to macOS 10.15 (Catalina) from an earlier macOS release, your existing Fink install will cease to work if installed outside /opt (such as to the previous default /sw) and must be reins...
10.15 (Catalina) and Xcode11 information
Fink 0.45.0 and up support the upcoming 10.15 release, but there are some important things to note:
Apple locked down the / (root) directory where Fink normally installs (in /sw by defaul...
fink-0.45.0 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.45.0. This release provides support for macOS 10.14.5 and up, including preliminary support for macOS 10.15beta. This release also provides full support for .ap...
Fink mirrors are back
Thanks to the work of Fink members Chris Z and Justin H, the finkmirrors.net domain is operational once again.
We are looking for new mirror owners to extend our mirroring service. If you can...
Issues with macOS 10.14.5
Apple's release of macOS 10.14.5 updated the system perl version from 5.18.2 to 5.18.4. This update broke bootstrapping fresh installs, as well as existing perl modules dependent on perl-5.18.2...
fink-0.44.1 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.44.1. This is primarily a bugfix release to fix bootstrapping or using the Install Fink.tool script, but with some additional optimization updates behind the s...
Mirrors currently down
Fink's finkmirrors.net domain is currently down. This will affect users selfupdating via rsync, as well as those using the binary distribution.
In order to keep your Fink distribution up...
fink-0.44.0 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.44.0. This release now supports macOS 10.14 (Mojave), as well as Java 10. Usefink selfupdate to install it.
The best update sequence from going to 10.9-...
fink-0.43.1 released
The Fink Project has released fink-0.43.1. This is a bugfix release. Usefink selfupdate to install it.
If you happen to have updated your OS X before updating fink, follow the "Fixing...

libming-utils-0.4.5-4 (Utilities to generate SWF (Flash) Files)
<pre>Ming is an SWF (Flash) file format output library.It is written in C, with wrappers for C++, Perl, Python,PHP and experimental support for Ruby and Java.This package contains some utilit...
2025-01-28 06:00:07
optipng-0.7.8-1 (Optimizer for PNG files)
<pre>OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses the image filesto a smaller size, without losing any information. The ideahas been inspired from pngcrush. The implementation is carriedforwa...
2025-01-28 06:00:07
libming1-dev-0.4.5-4 (Library to generate SWF (Flash) Files)
<pre>Ming is an SWF (Flash) file format output library.It is written in C, with wrappers for C++, Perl, Python,PHP and experimental support for Ruby and Java.This package contains the develop...
2025-01-28 06:00:07
pngnq-1.1-3 (PNG Quantizer Tool)
<pre>Pngnq is a tool for quantizing PNG images in RGBA format.Pngnq is an adaptation by Stuart Coyle of Greg Roelf'spnqquant using Anthony Dekker's neuquant algorithm.The neuquant alg...
2025-01-28 06:00:07
pngcrush-1.8.13-2 (Optimizer for PNG files)
<pre>pngcrush's main purpose is to reduce the size of the PNG IDAT datastreamby trying various compression levels an PNG filter methods. It also canbe used to remove unwanted ancillary ch...
2025-01-28 06:00:07
libming1-shlibs-0.4.5-4 (Library to generate SWF (Flash) Files)
<pre>Ming is an SWF (Flash) file format output library. It is written in C, with wrappers for C++, Perl, Python, PHP and experimental support for Ruby and Java. This package contains the C...
2025-01-28 06:00:07
xfig-3.2.9a-1 (Menu-driven tool to create graphical objects)
<pre>Menu-driven tool to create graphical objectscommit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net): fig2dev and xfig: v3.2.9a</pre>
2025-01-27 17:00:06
fig2dev-3.2.9a-1 (Convert xfig objects)
<pre>Convert xfig objectscommit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net): fig2dev and xfig: v3.2.9a</pre>
2025-01-27 17:00:06
vim-nox-9.1.1054-1 (Improved version of the editor "vi")
<pre>VIM adds many of the features that you would expect in an editor:Unlimited undo, syntax coloring, split windows, visual selection,graphical user interface (read: menus, mouse control, sc...
2025-01-27 03:00:04
vim-9.1.1054-1 (Improved version of the editor "vi")
<pre>VIM adds many of the features that you would expect in an editor:Unlimited undo, syntax coloring, split windows, visual selection,graphical user interface (read: menus, mouse control, sc...
2025-01-27 03:00:04
yt-dlp-2025.01.26-1 (Download videos from YouTube and other sites)
<pre>Download videos from YouTube and other sitescommit log from Hanspeter Niederstrasser (nieder@users.sourceforge.net): yt-dlp: v2025.01.26</pre>
2025-01-26 23:00:04
libaprutil.0-dev-1.6.3-2 (Headers and static libraries for APRUTIL)
<pre>The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface to underlying platform-specifi...
2025-01-25 22:00:09
libapr.0-dev-1.7.5-1 (Headers and static libraries for APR)
<pre>The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface to underlying platform-specifi...
2025-01-25 22:00:09
libaprutil.0-shlibs-1.6.3-2 (APRUTIL shared libraries)
<pre>The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface to underlying platform-specifi...
2025-01-25 22:00:09
libapr.0-shlibs-1.7.5-1 (Apache Portable Runtime shared libraries)
<pre>The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent interface to underlying platform-specifi...
2025-01-25 22:00:09
libdaemon-0.14-3 (Easy way to write UNIX daemons)
<pre>Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemonsIt consists of the following parts: * A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure of a process *...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
wastesedge-0.3.8-1 (Open Source RPG)
<pre>At first sight, everything looks peaceful on the island of Adonthell. ButTomas Hterin's verse has become true in a way that no one would ever haveexpected. Now there is an urgent nee...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
pydbus-py27-1.2.4-1 (Simple interprocess messaging system)
<pre>D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications.Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in termsof complexity.This package provides a Pyth...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
wxgtk2.8-2.8.12-11 (Cross-platform GUI API - unix/gtk version)
<pre>In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrap...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
cannonball-0.3-3 (Open Source OutRun Engine)
<pre>Data:You need the OutRun Revision B ROMs to play.Clone the %p/share/cannonball into your home directoryPut the roms into the roms folderRunning the game:You have to run the game from the...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
libdca-shlibs-0.0.7-1 (Shared libraries for libdca)
<pre>libdca is a free library for decoding DTS Coherent Acoustics streams.The code is written by Gildas Bazin and was based on the a52dec project.The library is still in early development sta...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
dirac-1.0.2-2 (Video codec)
<pre>Dirac is a video codec that provides general-purpose video compressionand decompression tools comparable with state-of-the-art systems.Dirac is a format and a compression technology, not...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
dirac-shlibs-1.0.2-2 (Shared libraries for dirac)
<pre>Dirac is a video codec that provides general-purpose video compressionand decompression tools comparable with state-of-the-art systems.Dirac is a format and a compression technology, not...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
pytwitter-py27-1.0-2 (Python wrapper around the Twitter API)
<pre>This library provides a pure python interface for the Twitter API.Twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com">http://twitter.com</a>) provides a service that allo...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
chocolate-doom-2.1.0-2 (Doom port)
<pre>Almost all modern Doom source ports change the game in some way.In some cases, this is to fix bugs. In others, it is to add newfeatures or even change the behavior of the game. Chocolate...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
dirac-dev-1.0.2-2 (Development files for dirac-shlibs)
<pre>Dirac is a video codec that provides general-purpose video compressionand decompression tools comparable with state-of-the-art systems.Dirac is a format and a compression technology, not...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
libdaemon-shlibs-0.14-3 (Shared libs for libdaemon)
<pre>Lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemonsIt consists of the following parts: * A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure of a process *...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
pydbus-py27-dev-1.2.4-1 (Development libraries for pydbus-py27)
<pre>D-Bus is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications.Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in termsof complexity.This package provides a Pyth...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
adonthell-0.3.8-1 (Open Source RPG Engine)
<pre>Engine used by the Waste's Edge RPG :At first sight, everything looks peaceful on the island of Adonthell. ButTomas Hterin's verse has become true in a way that no one would ever...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
libdca-0.0.7-1 (DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder)
<pre>libdca is a free library for decoding DTS Coherent Acoustics streams.The code is written by Gildas Bazin and was based on the a52dec project.The library is still in early development sta...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
wxgtk2.8-shlibs-2.8.12-11 (Cross-platform GUI API - unix/gtk version)
<pre>In addition to common and advanced GUI facilities such as frames, scrolling windows, toolbars, tree controls, icons, device contexts, printing, splitter windows and so on, there are wrap...
2025-01-25 17:00:03
geany-1.24-2 (Fast and lightweight GTK+ IDE)
<pre>Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment. It wasdeveloped to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencieson other packages. Another goal was...
2025-01-25 17:00:03