MacAthena takes advantage of several other software packages that are required to install MacAthena.
First, you should install the OS X Kerberos Extras. These will configure your computer for the ATHENA.MIT.EDU Kerberos realm.
Second, many components in MacAthena depend on AFS, the distributed network filesystem. MacAthena is tested on version 1.4.6 of OpenAFS.
You'll also need the Mac OS X Developer Tools, which can be installed either from your Mac OS X install CD or DVD, or downloaded from the Apple Developer Connection.
Finally, MacAthena uses the Fink project for package management. If you are using Mac OS X Tiger, there is a binary distribution available. If you're using Mac OS X Leopard, you'll need to download the source distribution and bootstrap using the instructions on that page.
When you install Fink, there are a few important settings to ensure the best compatibility with MacAthena. You should be sure to enable the unstable branch. Also, in the mirror selection section, you should be sure to ‘Search “Master” source mirrors last.’ If you've already installed fink, you can change these settings by running fink configure.
The Fink team maintains mirrors known as "Master" mirrors, which contain the
sources for all fink packages. You can choose to use these mirrors first, last,
never, or mixed in with regular mirrors. If you don't care, just select the
default.
(1) Search "Master" source mirrors first.
(2) Search "Master" source mirrors last.
(3) Never use "Master" source mirrors.
(4) Search closest source mirrors first. (combine all mirrors into one set)
What mirror order should fink use when downloading sources? [2] 2
Once you've finished installing Fink, you'll want to run:
/sw/bin/pathsetup.sh
and click OK in the dialog that displays.
If you have used Google's installer for MacFUSE, you may want to uninstall it. We will install our own version of FUSE as part of the MacAthena install process. Google maintains instructions on how to uninstall FUSE
To install MacAthena, first run:
cd /svn/fink/dists sudo svn co https://macathena.mit.edu/svn/trunk/fink/ macathena
You'll get a warning about the SSL certificate. If you'd like, you can verify it against the fingerprint on a secure page: F8:C5:9C:10:22:23:2E:56:1D:8A:53:7C:FD:9C:3B:96:8A:A2:71:BA
Next, edit /sw/etc/fink.conf with whatever text editor you prefer, and edit the Trees: line to read:
Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/crypto macathena/main
If you are using an Intel Mac, we are testing a binary distributions. If you are not using an Intel Mac or wish to compile all packages from source, feel free to skip to the Install the Packages section.
To use the binary distribution, first find the UseBinaryDist line in /sw/etc/fink.conf and set it to
UseBinaryDist: true
Next, edit /sw/etc/apt/sources.list and add the following lines to the very beginning of the file:
deb http://macathena.mit.edu/fink macathena main deb http://macathena.mit.edu/fink stable main crypto deb http://macathena.mit.edu/fink unstable main crypto
Once you've setup the MacAthena trees in Fink, you can install the MacAthena software:
fink index fink install macathena-standard
Finally, please subscribe to our announcement list, so that we can send updates about new development:
blanche macathena-announce -a $USER
MacAthena is under active development, and new changes to the packages are released frequently. To access these new changes, run the command:
macathena-update
which is installed by both macathena-standard and macathena-login. Once that finishes, run
fink update-all
to update the packages to their latest versions.