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CHAPTER 19 EXTENDING THE POWER OF DARWIN
Table 19-4. Fink Commands (Assumes Xcode Tools Are Installed)
Command Action
fink list Gives you a list of all the available packages. This is a long list, so
you might want to do something like fink list > finkapps to
create a text file called finkapps (or whatever you want to call it)
containing the package list that can be pursued in a text editor,
Preview, or even Quick View.
fink describe someapp Prints a description of someapp.
fink install someapp Downloads and installs someapp.
fink --use-binary-dist someapp Downloads and installs the binary version of someapp, thus
skipping the install phase.
fink remove someapp Removes someapp from your system. The -r option will remove all
dependencies as well.
fink purge someapp Removes someapp from your system, along with all the
configuration files.
fink cleanup Removes obsolete and temporary files, freeing up disk space. By
default this includes any old .deb files as well as any existing
source files.
fink update-all Updates all your installed Fink packages to their latest versions.
fink selfupdate Updates the actual Fink package to its latest version. Upon its first
use you will be prompted to select either rsync or CVS; rsync is
the recommended option.
If you don’t have the Xcode Tools installed for some reason and you still want to use Fink,
you certainly can, but rather than using fink at the command line, you would be best served
using either the apt-get command or dselect. dselect will allow you to scroll through a text listing
of packages and manually select the ones you want to install. apt-get works more like the
fink command and can be used as described in Table 19-5.
Table 19-5. apt-get Commands (for Binary Package Management in Fink)
Command Action
apt-get update Updates the listing of binary packages. This command must be run to
initially get a list of packages for apt-get. After that it should be run
periodically to keep the list updated.
apt-get install someapp Installs someapp.
apt-get remove someapp Removes someapp.
NOTE Most packaging applications will require you to use sudo to install and remove packages.
MacPorts
MacPorts (www.macports.org) originated as the DarwinPorts project and was originated at Apple
as the quasi-official way to manage additional Darwin applications. As such, it was rumored
that sooner or later DarwinPorts would be integrated into Mac OS X. As of yet this has never
happened; instead, recently, the project was renamed to MacPorts. MacPorts is part of Mac OS