Unfortunately I don't (at the moment) have a clean MacOS system on which to construct detailed notes for the installation of HOPS with Fink, but the steps are very similar to those in the MacPorts.txt: 0) install Fink 1) bring in all the packages you need 2) install HOPS with some extra things on the configure line As far as the packages you need, you need X11, ghostscript and pgplot. The X11 you get from Apple, and bringing in ghostscript and pgplot will probably bring in everything else you need. HOPS currently requires ghostcript to be found at /usr/bin/gs, so you'll need to manually link that: ln -s /sw/bin/gs /usr/bin/gs (or similar if you've relocated Fink to a place of your own devising). After I was done fink-installing packages, I had installed the following packages (this list was generated with: fink list -i | grep -v virtual so it's a bit shorter than the full list--and I've no idea why some packages are listed as 'i' and others as '(i)'): i app-defaults 20010814-12 Creates an app defaults directory for fink i apt 0.5.4-1058 Advanced front-end for dpkg i apt-dev 0.5.4-1058 Advanced front-end for dpkg i apt-shlibs 0.5.4-1058 Advanced front-end for dpkg i aquaterm 1.0.1-5 Displays vector graphics in Aqua i aquaterm-dev 1.0.1-5 Displays vector graphics in Aqua i aquaterm-shlibs 1.0.1-5 Displays vector graphics in Aqua (i) atk1 1.28.0-2 Accessibility Toolkit (i) atk1-shlibs 1.28.0-2 Accessibility Toolkit i autoconf 1:2.63-4 System for generating configure scripts i automake1.11 1.11.1-3 GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator (i) avahi 0.6.25-3 Service discovery system (i) avahi-dev 0.6.25-3 Service discovery system i base-files 1.9.11-1 Directory infrastructure (i) bison 2.3-1003 Parser generator i blt-dev 2.4z-15 Toolkit for tcl/tk i blt-shlibs 2.4z-15 Toolkit for tcl/tk i bzip2 1.0.6-1 Block-sorting file compressor i bzip2-dev 1.0.6-1 Developer files for bzip2 package i bzip2-shlibs 1.0.6-1 Shared libraries for bzip2 package (i) cairo 1.8.10-3 Vector graphics library (i) cairo-shlibs 1.8.10-3 Vector graphics library i cloog 0.15.9-1 The Chunky Loop Generator i cloog-shlibs 0.15.9-1 The Chunky Loop Generator i crypt-ssleay-pm5100 0.57-2 Perl module, allows perl to use OpenSSL (i) cyrus-sasl2-dev 2.1.23-3 Cyrus Simple Auth. and Security Layer Library (i) cyrus-sasl2-shlibs 2.1.23-3 Cyrus Simple Auth. and Security Layer Library i daemonic 20010902-4 Interface to daemon init scripts (i) db44-aes-shlibs 4.4.20-1008 Shared Libraries for db44-aes (i) db47-aes 4.7.25-7 Berkeley DB embedded database - crypto (i) db47-aes-shlibs 4.7.25-7 Shared Libraries for db47-aes (i) db48-aes-shlibs 4.8.30-2 Shared Libraries for db48-aes (i) dbus 1.2.24-1 Message bus system for applications (i) dbus-dev 1.2.16-101 Message bus system for applications (i) dbus-shlibs 1.2.16-101 Message bus system for applications i debianutils 1.23-11 Misc. utilities specific to Debian (and Fink) (i) default-icon-theme 0.11-1 Hicolor icon theme i docbook-dsssl-nwalsh 1.79-4 Norman Walsh's DSSSL DocBook stylesheets i docbook-dtd 4.5.0-1 DocBook SGML/XML DTDs official releases (i) docbook-xsl 1.76.0-1 Norman Walsh's XSL DocBook stylesheets i doxygen 1.5.6-5 Documentation system for C++, Java, IDL and C i dpkg 1.10.21-1229 The Debian package manager i dpkg-base-files 0.3-1 Support scripts for dpkg i expat1 2.0.1-1 C library for parsing XML i expat1-shlibs 2.0.1-1 C library for parsing XML (i) f2c 20090414-2 Convert Fortran 77 source code to C i fink 0.29.17-51 Open-source software package manager i fink-mirrors 0.29.14.1-1 Mirror infrastructure i fink-obsolete-packages 0.1-1 Base package for obsolete packages (i) fltk-x11 1.1.7-1003 GUI toolkit (i) fltk-x11-shlibs 1.1.7-1003 Runtime code for fltk-x11 (i) fontconfig2-dev 2.8.0-4 Font configuration library (i) fontconfig2-shlibs 2.8.0-4 Fontconfig 2, shared libs i fort77 1.18-19 Wrapper for the f2c Fortran to C converter (i) freeglut 2.6.0-1 Opengl utility toolkit (i) freeglut-shlibs 2.6.0-1 Opengl utility toolkit (i) freetype219 2.3.12-1 TrueType font rendering library, headers (i) freetype219-shlibs 2.3.12-1 TrueType font rendering library, shared libs i gawk 3.1.7-1 The Awk processing language, GNU edition i gcc44 4.4.4-1000 GNU Compiler Collection Version 4.4 i gcc44-compiler 4.4.4-1000 Compiler Binaries for gcc44. i gcc44-shlibs 4.4.4-1000 Shared libraries for gcc4 (i) gconf2 2.28.0-5 Gnome configuration database system (i) gconf2-dev 2.28.0-5 Gnome configuration database system (i) gconf2-shlibs 2.28.0-5 Gnome configuration database system (i) gd2 2.0.35-7 Graphics generation library (i) gd2-shlibs 2.0.35-7 Shared libraries for gd2 package (i) gdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm library (i) gdbm3-shlibs 1.8.3-3 Shared libraries for gdbm3 package i gettext-bin 0.17-19 GNU Internationalization utils i gettext-tools 0.17-17 GNU Internationalization utils (shared libs) (i) ghostscript 8.71-3 Interpreter for PostScript and PDF i ghostscript-fonts 8.11-3 Standard fonts for Ghostscript (i) glib2-dev 2.22.4-4 Handy library of utility functions (i) glib2-shlibs 2.22.4-4 Handy library of utility functions i glitz 0.5.6-3 OpenGL compositing library i glitz-shlibs 0.5.6-3 OpenGL compositing library i gmp 4.3.2-5 GNU multiple precision arithmetic library i gmp-shlibs 4.3.2-5 Shared library for gmp package i gnome-base 2.4.1-1 GNOME Removal convenience package (i) gnome-common 2.28.0-3 Useful things for building GNOME packages (i) gnome-doc-utils 0.18.1-2 Tools and templates for Gnome documentation i gnome-mime-data 2.18.0-3 The GNOME MIME database (i) gnuplot-nogtk 4.4.0-3 Command-driven interactive plotting program (i) gtk+2 2.18.9-5 The Gimp Toolkit (i) gtk+2-dev 2.18.9-5 The Gimp Toolkit (i) gtk+2-shlibs 2.18.9-5 The Gimp Toolkit (i) gtk-doc 1.13-6 GTK+ - API documentation generator i gzip 1.4-2 File-compression program (i) html-parser-pm5100 3.68-1 Perl modules that parse and extract info i html-tagset-pm 3.20-1 Perl module, data tables useful in HTML i imagemagick 6.5.8.2-4 Image manipulation tools i imagemagick2-shlibs 6.5.8.2-4 Image manipulation tools (i) intltool40 0.41.1-201 Internationalize various kinds of data files i lcms 1.18-2 Free color management engine in 100K i lcms-shlibs 1.18-2 Free color management engine in 100K (i) libart2 2.3.21-1 Library for high-performance 2D graphics (i) libart2-shlibs 2.3.21-1 Library for high-performance 2D graphics (i) libavahi-client3-shlibs 0.6.25-3 Service discovery system (i) libavahi-common3-shlibs 0.6.25-3 Service discovery system (i) libavahi-core6-shlibs 0.6.25-3 Service discovery system (i) libavahi-glib1-dev 0.6.25-2 Service discovery system (Glib) (i) libavahi-glib1-shlibs 0.6.25-2 Service discovery system (Glib) (i) libbonobo2 2.24.2-2 GNOME component and compound document system (i) libbonobo2-dev 2.24.2-2 GNOME component and compound document system (i) libbonobo2-shlibs 2.24.2-2 GNOME component and compound document system i libcdparanoia0-dev 3a9.8-14 Development files needed to compile programs that use libcdparanoia. i libcdparanoia0-shlibs 3a9.8-14 Shared libraries for cdparanoia (runtime lib) (i) libcroco3 0.6.2-2 CSS parsing and manipulation library (i) libcroco3-shlibs 0.6.2-2 CSS parsing and manipulation library i libdaemon 0.12-1 Easy way to write UNIX daemons i libdaemon-shlibs 0.12-1 Shared libs for libdaemon (i) libdatrie 0.1.3-3 Double-array trie (i) libdatrie-shlibs 0.1.3-3 Shared libraries for libdatrie (i) libdjvulibre15-dev 3.5.20-1003 Free viewer for DjVu files (i) libdjvulibre15-shlibs 3.5.20-1003 Free viewer for DjVu files i libgettext3-shlibs 0.14.5-4 GNU Internationalization utils (shared libs) i libgettext8-dev 0.17-19 GNU Internationalization utils (Development Files) i libgettext8-shlibs 0.17-19 GNU Internationalization utils (shared libs) i libgmpxx-shlibs 4.3.2-5 Shared C++ library for gmp package (i) libgsf1.114-dev 1.14.18-1 GNOME Structured File library (i) libgsf1.114-shlibs 1.14.18-1 GNOME Structured File library i libiconv 1.12-4 Character set conversion library i libiconv-bin 1.12-4 Executables for libiconv package i libiconv-dev 1.12-4 Developer files for libiconv package (i) libidl2 0.8.13-2 IDL parsing library (i) libidl2-shlibs 0.8.13-2 IDL parsing library (i) libjasper.1 1.900.1-3 Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 images (i) libjasper.1-shlibs 1.900.1-3 Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 images i libjpeg 6b-18 JPEG image format handling library (i) libjpeg-bin 8b-2 Executables for libjpeg package i libjpeg-shlibs 6b-18 Shared libraries for libjpeg package (i) libjpeg8-shlibs 8b-2 Shared libraries for libjpeg package (i) libmpc2 0.8.2-1 Multi-precision complex lib (i) libmpc2-shlibs 0.8.2-1 Multi-precision complex lib i libmpfr1 2.4.2-3 C floating-point math lib i libmpfr1-shlibs 2.4.2-3 Shared libraries for mpfr package i libncurses5 5.7-20100227-2 Full-screen ascii drawing library i libncurses5-shlibs 5.7-20100227-2 Shared libraries for libncurses5 package (i) libncursesw5 5.7-20100227-1 Full-screen ascii drawing (wchar version) (i) libncursesw5-shlibs 5.7-20100227-1 Shared libraries for libncursesw5 package (i) libogg 1.2.1-1 Ogg bitstream headers and libs for devs (i) libogg-shlibs 1.2.1-1 Ogg bitstream shared libraries (i) libpng3 1:1.2.44-1 PNG image format handling library (i) libpng3-shlibs 1:1.2.44-1 Shared libraries for libpng3 package (i) librarian.08-shlibs 0.8.1-8 Helpfile/documentation system (i) librsvg2 2.26.0-3 SAX-based render library for SVG files (i) librsvg2-shlibs 2.26.0-3 SAX-based render library for SVG files (i) libthai 0.1.13-1 Thai language support library (i) libthai-dev 0.1.13-1 Development headers and libraries for libthai (i) libthai-shlibs 0.1.13-1 Shared libraries for libthai i libtheora0-shlibs 1.1.1-1 libtheora shared library (i) libtiff 3.9.4-1 TIFF image format library and tools (i) libtiff-bin 3.9.4-1 Executables for libtiff package (i) libtiff-shlibs 3.9.4-1 Shared libraries for libtiff package i libtool14 1.5.26-3 Shared library build helper, v1.5 i libtool14-shlibs 1.5.26-3 Shared libraries for libtool, v1.5 (i) libtool2-shlibs 2.4-1 Shared libraries for libtool, v2.2 (i) libvorbis0-shlibs 1.3.2-1 Vorbis audio codec shared libraries i libwmf 0.2.8.2-9 Windows Metafile library i libwmf-shlibs 0.2.8.2-9 Windows Metafile library (i) libwww-pm5100 5.837-3 Perl modules, programming interface to WWW i libxml2 2.6.32-1 XML parsing library, version 2 i libxml2-bin 2.6.32-1 XML parsing library, version 2 i libxml2-py26 2.6.32-1 Python bindings for libxml2 library i libxml2-shlibs 2.6.32-1 XML parsing library, version 2 i libxslt 1.1.24-1 XML stylesheet transformation library i libxslt-bin 1.1.24-1 XML stylsheet transformation utility (xsltproc) i 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