# Install freedink

Portable version of the Dink Smallwood game engine. Version 109.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:freedink
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install freedink
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install freedink
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: games/freedink/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install freedink
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: freedink from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install freedink
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: freedink from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#freedink
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/freedink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Pranav435.Dink -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Pranav435.Dink from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:freedink
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/freedink>
- **Version:** 109.6
- **Source summary:** Portable version of the Dink Smallwood game engine
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/>
- **Repository:** <https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs?group=freedink>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/freedink/freedink-109.6.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-15T01:56:30-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- dink (cli)
- dinkedit (cli)
- freedink (cli)
- freedinkedit (cli)
- dink (alias)
- dinkedit (alias)
- freedink (alias)
- freedinkedit (alias)

## Dependencies

- fontconfig
- gettext
- sdl2
- sdl2_gfx
- sdl2_image
- sdl2_mixer
- sdl2_ttf

## Build Dependencies

- glm
- pkgconf

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 109.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-15
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** freedink
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - freedink - 109.6-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freedink from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | humorous top-down adventure and role-playing game | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- Debian apt - freedink-engine - 109.6-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: freedink-engine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | humorous top-down adventure and role-playing game (engine) | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- Nix - freedink: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fr/freedink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - freedink - 109.6-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: freedink from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | humorous top-down adventure and role-playing game | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- Ubuntu apt - freedink-engine - 109.6-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: freedink-engine from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | humorous top-down adventure and role-playing game (engine) | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- dnf - freedink - 109.6-19.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: freedink from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Humorous top-down adventure and role-playing game | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- dnf - freedink-engine - 109.6-19.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: freedink-engine from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Humorous top-down adventure and role-playing game (engine) | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/
- MacPorts - freedink: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/freedink/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Pranav435.Dink: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Pranav435.Dink from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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