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Fink

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Screenshot of Fink running in Terminal
Stable release	binary distribution 0.9.0 / June 26, 2008; 4 years ago  (2008-06-26)
Preview release	source distribution 0.32.3 / February 16, 2012; 4 months ago  (2012-02-16)
Development status	Active
Written in	Perl
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	Package Management
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.finkproject.org

The Fink project is an effort to port and package open-source Unix programs to Mac OS X. Fink uses dpkg and APT (Debian's package management system), as well as its own frontend program, fink (which is implemented as a set of Perl modules).

Implementation[link]

Fink features a binary distribution for quick and easy installation, as well as a source distribution for users preferring more flexibility. In addition to command-line tools for handling packages, FinkCommander provides a GUI. The user can configure Fink to utilize the stable or unstable tree for packages. The unstable tree typically has newer releases, but has not stood the test of time.

Fink can be used to install newer versions of packages installed by Mac OS X or to install packages not included in Mac OS X. Fink stores all its data in the directory "/sw" by default (though this can be changed if initially compiling fink itself from source code). This goes against the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's recommendation to use "/usr/local"; the reasons given in the Fink FAQ are that other installers might overwrite Fink's files under "/usr/local", and that having an entirely separate directory makes it easier to disable the binaries and libraries that Fink installs.^[1] Within Fink's directory, a FHS-like layout (/sw/bin, /sw/include, /sw/lib, etc.) is used.

History[link]

The Fink project was started in December 2000 by German hacker Christoph Pfisterer. The name Fink is German for finch and is a reference to the name of the Mac OS X core, Darwin; Charles Darwin's study of diversity among finches led him eventually to the concept of evolution.

Christoph Pfisterer left the project in November 2001.^[2] Since then, several people have stepped in and picked up support for Fink and as of March 2008, the project is managed by 6 administrators, 89 developers, and a very active community. The Fink community released support for Mac OS X v10.4 on 18 Feb. 2006 and for Mac OS X Leopard on the day it was released (26 October 2007).

See also[link]

Free software portal

• MacPorts (formerly called DarwinPorts)
• Gentoo/Alt
• Pkgsrc
• Homebrew

References[link]

External links[link]

• Fink project homepage

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Manu Katché
Background information
Born	(1958-10-27) 27 October 1958 (age 53)
Origin	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, television host
Instruments	Drums, percussionist
Associated acts	Peter Gabriel, Sting
Website	www.manu-katche.com

Manu Katché (27 October 1958, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) is a French musician of Ivorian origin. He is a drummer and songwriter.

Career[link]

Session musician

He became known by some in the music world in the mid-1980s mostly thanks to the huge success of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So and his subsequent work with Sting on the albums …Nothing Like the Sun and The Soul Cages. Since then he has been prominently featured in the pop, rock and world music scenes playing with numerous bands and artists, including Afro Celt Sound System, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Tears For Fears, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Jan Garbarek, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright, Kyle Eastwood, Ryuichi Sakamoto and the aforementioned Peter Gabriel and Sting, with whom he has also toured extensively. Manu has also worked with Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, a popular Croatian singer, on his albums "Mirakul" (2001) and "Unca Fibre" (2006), he has also toured with Gibonni supporting the two albums. He also played drums on all tracks except one on Tracy Chapman's 1992 release "Matters of the Heart".

Band Preface

From 1985 to 1988 Manu Katche formed the band Preface, with guitar player Kamil Rustam.

Solo career

In 1992, Katche released his first solo Album, It's About Time, largely in the Rock genre. His subsequent solo releases have all been jazz. He released his second solo album on September 12, 2005 entitled Neighbourhood, which has contribution from such talents as the aforementioned Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Tomasz Stanko on trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski on piano and Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass. His second ECM release, Playground was released in September 2007 (see below). In March 2010, Katche released Third Round, on ECM.

From 2003 to 2007, along with producer Dove Attia, composer André Manoukian and singer Marianne James, he was one of the four judges in the TV-show "Nouvelle Star", the French version of American Idol. He was the most feared of them for his wit and his severe judgement about the groove and the rhythm of the singing contestants.

Since January 2008, Katché hosts the monthly program One Shot Not on Arte.

In August 2011 the album "Rocka the TablA" was released, featuring Manu Katché, Billy Cobham, A.R. Rahman, Hossam Ramzy & Omar Faruk Tekbilek.^[1]

Discography[link]

This section requires expansion.

[edit] As leader^[2]

• It's About Time (1992)
• Neighbourhood (2005)
• Playground (September 2007)
• Third Round (March 2010)

As sideman[link]

With Jan Garbarek

• Ragas and Sagas (ECM, 1990)
• Twelve Moons (ECM, 1992)
• Visible World (ECM, 1995)
• In Praise of Dreams (ECM, 2003)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• An information page
• Manu Katché on ECM Records