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Fink VS Pacman

Compare Fink VS Pacman and see what are their differences

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Fink logo Fink

'Resurgam' the new album from Fink. Out now via R'COUP'D.

Pacman logo Pacman

Pacman was developed to be the package manager for Arch Linux, and is also used by KDE-focused Chakra Linux.
  • Fink Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-17
  • Pacman Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-24

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Fink and Pacman)

Fink

Pacman

Package Manager
27 27%
Package Manager
73% 73
Developer Tools
0 0%
Developer Tools
100% 100
Front End Package Manager
19 19%
Front End Package Manager
81% 81
Productivity
100 100%
Productivity
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Pacman seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 8 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Fink mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Fink yet. Tracking of Fink recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Pacman mentions (8)

  • How to build Software as a Service (SaaS) Notes application with mySQL/MariaDB and Apache in 300 lines of code
    Install Vely - you can use standard packaging tools such as apt, dnf, pacman or zypper. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago
  • Podman 4.3 on Artix Linux: Fix initialization issues
    It is not so difficult to install Podman on Artix Linux, based on Arch Linux and systemd-free. It's because pacman brings core packages: podman and qemu-base of QEMU. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
  • Podman 4.3 on Artix Linux: Install
    Thanks to their package management system, pacman delivers Podman with a simple command line. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
  • Pacman Wrapper for C++/Node
    Pacman is a front-end to libalpm ((library for Arch Linux Package Management) which is written in C, so you should be able to use the library from C++. See https://archlinux.org/pacman/ for information and links to the source code. Source: about 2 years ago
  • (Part 3) I have a base Artix (OpenRC) TTY installed in this VM, whatever you tell me to do, I will gladly accept. As long as it's creative.
    Also, the previous commenter said to do so without the Arch Wiki, they said nothing about man pages, the git documentation, or the Pacman homepage at https://archlinux.org/pacman/. Source: about 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Fink and Pacman, you can also consider the following products

Homebrew Cask - Install with ease. Your software is just one command away from being ready and raring to go. Forget all about babysitting the install process step by step, from website to cleanup. ls /usr/local/Caskroom google-chrome .

Conda - Binary package manager with support for environments.

Homebrew - The missing package manager for macOS

Rudix - Rudix is a package-based, user-friendly way to extend the Unix portion of Mac OS X with additional...

Yay - Yay is an AUR helper written in go, based on the design of yaourt, apacman and pacaur.

pkgsrc - pkgsrc is a framework for building over 17,000 open source software packages.

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