<s>
The	O
Fink	B-Application
project	O
is	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
port	O
and	O
package	O
open-source	B-Application
Unix	B-Application
programs	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fink	B-Application
uses	O
dpkg	B-Language
and	O
APT	B-Application
(	O
Debian	O
's	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
own	O
frontend	O
program	O
,	O
fink	B-Application
(	O
which	O
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Perl	B-Language
modules	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fink	B-Application
features	O
a	O
binary	O
distribution	O
for	O
quick	O
and	O
easy	O
installation	O
using	O
APT	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
more	O
extensive	O
source	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
command-line	B-Application
tools	I-Application
for	O
handling	O
packages	O
,	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
app	O
Phynchronicity	O
provides	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fink	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
install	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
packages	O
installed	O
by	O
macOS	B-Application
or	O
to	O
install	O
packages	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
macOS	B-Application
by	O
Apple	O
edict	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fink	B-Application
stores	O
all	O
its	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
directory	O
/opt/sw	O
for	O
newer	O
macOS	B-Application
releases	O
and	O
/sw	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
10.14	O
and	O
earlier	O
(	O
although	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
if	O
initially	O
compiling	O
fink	B-Application
itself	O
from	O
source	O
code	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
goes	O
against	O
the	O
Filesystem	B-Application
Hierarchy	I-Application
Standard	I-Application
's	O
recommendation	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
/usr/local	O
prefix	O
;	O
the	O
reasons	O
given	O
in	O
the	O
Fink	B-Application
FAQ	O
are	O
that	O
other	O
installers	O
might	O
overwrite	O
Fink	B-Application
's	O
files	O
under	O
/usr/local	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
having	O
an	O
entirely	O
separate	O
directory	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
binaries	O
and	O
libraries	O
that	O
Fink	B-Application
installs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacPorts	B-Application
,	O
another	O
macOS	B-Application
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
follows	O
a	O
similar	O
approach	O
by	O
storing	O
its	O
data	O
in	O
/opt/local	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
Fink	B-Application
's	O
directory	O
,	O
a	O
FHS-like	O
layout	O
(	O
/sw/bin	O
,	O
/sw/include	O
,	O
/sw/lib	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fink	B-Application
project	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
December	O
2000	O
by	O
German	O
hacker	O
Christoph	O
Pfisterer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Fink	B-Application
is	O
German	O
for	O
finch	B-Protocol
and	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
core	O
,	O
Darwin	B-Operating_System
;	O
Charles	O
Darwin	B-Operating_System
's	O
study	O
of	O
diversity	O
among	O
finches	B-Protocol
led	O
him	O
eventually	O
to	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
natural	O
selection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
several	O
people	O
have	O
stepped	O
in	O
and	O
picked	O
up	O
support	O
for	O
Fink	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Fink	B-Application
core	O
team	O
were	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
nine	O
active	O
developers	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
central	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
maintain	O
the	O
"	O
essential	O
"	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fink	B-Application
community	O
regularly	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
with	O
their	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latest	O
Fink	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
version	O
0.45.0	O
,	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
MacOS	B-Device
Catalina	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
Big	I-Operating_System
Sur	I-Operating_System
and	O
Monterey	B-Device
is	O
being	O
worked	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
