How to install an UNIX archive using Fink?

[Neykon]

Hi peepz,

A friend of mine asked me to help him:

Aight, the thing is he got an UNIX-file, he want to install.
I found out, that Fink are very useful here.
However, we could install Fink, but not the UNIX archive.
So here it goes. Simple question:
How do you install an UNIX archive using Fink?

Trust me, I tried Google 2049x times, but that didn't help me alot so I'm asking you guys 🙂

Thank you very much!

- Neykon

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

fink install packagename

You may need to add "sudo" in front of that if you get a "permission denied" error.

Make sure that the package is in Fink's database. You may also need to update Fink, since even if a package is listed on Fink's website, you may be running an older version of Fink which does not recognise the package.