I think they are in principle very similar. The idea of using fink is that I can leverage off the packages that are already in fink, namely perlTk, readline, libpng, python, and so on. This would make a binary install via fink possible in the future. Right now, I have a non-standard system that includes my own perlTk (from source) and perl 5.8.0 (manually installed) so I need to clean up a new partition for a test. I am still interested in your experiences. Paul On 2003.Jul.24, at 12:39 AM, Carlo U. Segre wrote:
As I understand it, fink is very similar to the Debian packaging system. Perhaps the Debian sources that i have made and will continue to support will help speed up the process.
Carlo
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Paul Fons wrote:
I am also thinking of making an OS X binary installer (for those who don't want to deal with fink etc.). The installer would be for installation on a generic Mac OS 10.2.x system and would include ifeffit, athena, artemis, tkatoms, and the necessary libraries. All of this would be in effect, just copying over the necessary binaries with only a minimal check for safety. The other option is fink which would allow the use of potentially binary installations and/or compilation. The compilation step would require people to install the (free) C compiler from Apple. Any one else interested in using or helping with such a project?
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