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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 there isn't a full release tarball yet, you need to download and install the code from git…
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 (Monterey). Support for those two releases is coming soon.
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 releases is coming soon.
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 versions from 10.14 and earlier. Newer releases still default to /opt/sw. This…
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/sw for all supported macOS releases. This release also fixes bootstrapping problems…
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 to install the latest version. This release does not need any special preparation…
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 reinstalled from scratch using Fink release 0.45.0 or later. The old Fink install is…
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 default), so existing Fink installs may become read-only upon updating to 10.15. Xcode11…
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 .app bundles in APFS volumes. If your system is still on macOS 10.14.4 or earlier: In…
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 host a Fink mirror, see the main Fink Mirrors site for instructions and requirements.…
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. Fixes for Fink working on macOS 10.14.5 are tracked on GitHub . We apologize for the…
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 scenes. Usefink selfupdate to install it. The best update sequence from going to…
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 to date, please run the following commands: Run fink selfupdate-git to change your update…
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 10.9-10.13 to 10.14 is as follows: 0) Start on 10.9-10.13. Don't update your OS yet. 1) In a…
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 updates when you have installed High Sierra before updating fink" instructions below, and then…

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