Install open source software on your Mac easily with Fink
This week’s mac TechMail is Install open source software on your Mac easily with Fink. I love Fink. One of the first things I install on any OS X computer I setup is Fink. It gives me all the goodies I’m used to on Linux and makes the CLI so much more bearable (using the GNU commands of things like ls, cp, etc. that I’m used to rather than the BSD variants). So much stuff is available for Fink that it makes running the terminal on OS X so much nicer. And being able to use it to get newer versions of subversion and other apps that OS X bundles is nice as well; keeps me up to date with what’s running on the Fedora boxen as well.
Adam Preset
I was similarly put out by the Kerberos changes in Snow Leopard (that you mention here: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/mac/?p=193) and recently got a new Macbook. I’m now installing Fink, which I had put off for awhile, just so I can “easily” get GNU date so I can try your kinit script wrapper. +1 for Fink!
Mar 23, 2010 @ 09:58:45Mike
I’d suggest giving MacPorts a try, too.
Mar 28, 2010 @ 10:13:56