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More information:
Web pages:

• http://www.freedink.org/
  Official page, in construction
• http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freedink
  GNU Savannah project page, with news (aggregated at planet.gnu.org)
• http://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
  gnu.org entry, with project history
• ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freedink/
  official releases location
• http://freshmeat.net/projects/freedink/
  freshmeat entry
• http://directory.fsf.org/project/FreeDink/
  GNU Directory entry (needs an update)

Dink sites:

• http://www.dinknetwork.com/
  The Dink Community website, with lots of D-Mods!
• http://www.codedojo.com/
  Original source code

Get GNU FreeDink

• releases
• snapshots
• packaged versions:
  • GNU/Linux distros
  • FreeBSD
  • MS Windows (aka "MS Woe")
  • OS X
  • PSP

Contact

Please send mail to bug-freedink@gnu.org if you have questions or wish to contribute/package/etc.

When submitting a bug report, please attach a savegame (preferrably zipped) with instructions on how to reproduce the problem. FreeDink save your games as saveX.dat files in the D-Mod folder if writable (e.g. ~/dmods/dmod_name/saveX.dat), or in /home/your_login/.dink/dmod_name/saveX.dat otherwise.

Help out!

We're looking for free sounds and music replacements, check how to help.

We're also looking for translators for the game as well as the DFArc frontend. See how to add your language.

Packaged versions

• Debian: FreeDink is available in the Unstable/Sid version and be installed using:
  aptitude install freedink
  Here are the packages:
  freedink freedink-engine freedink-data freedink-dfarc
  (sponsorship from Goneri Le Bouder)
  It's maintained collaboratively with the Debian Games team:
  freedink/freedink-engine freedink-data dfarc
  Stats:
  freedink/freedink-engine freedink-data dfarc
  Screenshots:
  freedink [I need one for DFArc v3!]
  Wiki page: FreeDink
• Fedora: installing FreeDink is now as easy as:
  yum install freedink
  
  • It's available in Fedora 10:
    freedink freedink-data freedink-dfarc
  • It's also available in Fedora 8 and 9.
  • It was submitted by Sylvain and reviewed and approved by Mamoru Tasaka:
    freedink freedink-data dfarc rawhide enter
• Arch Linux: packaged by Petteri Tolonen and available in the AUR (ArchLinux User-community Repository):
  freedink-engine freedink-data dfarc
  To install it:

  # Install yaourt with AUR support
  
  wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz
  
  cd yaourt
  
  makepkg -c
  
  pacman -U yaourt-*.pkg.tar.gz
  
  
  
  # Install the game
  
  yaourt -S freedink-engine freedink-dfarc
  
  
  
  # If you appreciate the game:
  
  yaourt -S aurvote
  
  aurvote freedink-engine
  
  

• Ubuntu: available in the next version called "Jaunty":
  freedink freedink-engine freedink-dfarc freedink-data
• OpenSUSE: included in Games repository (enable it in Control Center > Community Repositories > openSUSE BuildService - Games, then install package freedink; you can also search it) - thanks to Stefan Dirsch
• EeePC: if you run Debian, cf. hereinbefore plus type this in a terminal to avoid the ugly screen stretching:

  xrandr --output LVDS --set PANEL_FITTING full_aspect

  (you can also try center). If there's demand to make packages for the stock (xandros) GNU/Linux we may spend some time on it, but the system is quite old and it's inconvenient to make 3rd-party packages for it.
• FreeBSD: packaged by Stephen Hurd and Martin Wilke: packages - PR
  pkg_add -r freedink
  
• Gentoo: submission in progress (but not much activity yet). Any volunteer for placing it in sunrise? :)
• Slackware (through slackbuilds) - any volunteer?
• MS Windows (also known as "MS Woe"):
  All-in-one installer
• OS X: packaged by Giovanni Davide in macports
  freedink freedink-data
  (freedink meta-package and dfarc in progress)
  To install it:

  $ sudo port -d sync
  
  (port updating)
  
  $ sudo port install freedink
  
  (it will recursively install freedink-data)
  
  

• PSP: PlayStation Portable
  

  In progress - download the beta version (forum).

  To run FreeDink on PSP, you need to disable the "tivoization" that restrict you from running your programs on your hardware: indeed, by default a PSP only runs programs that are signed by Sony.

  (This is possible for PSP 1000 "Fat" and PSP 2000 "Slim&Lite" only.)

  More information...

Quotes

"Dink won't work on Linux and never will :)" -- Glennglenn, 2005
"The next best thing since SEEDLESS MANDARINS!!!" -- scratcher, 2008
"Nice game" -- Tim, 2008
"I was terribly wrong and you've done a really good job porting the Dink Engine!" -- Glennglenn, 2009

-- 
Sylvain Beucler
beuc@beuc.net

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