# Install freedink with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, winget Portable version of the Dink Smallwood game engine. Version 109.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. ## 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/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-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 page:** - **Version:** 109.6 - **Source summary:** Portable version of the Dink Smallwood game engine - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T02:28:57-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dink (cli) - dinkedit (cli) - freedink (cli) - freedinkedit (cli) - dink (alias) - dinkedit (alias) - freedink (alias) - freedinkedit (alias) ## Dependencies - fontconfig - gettext - sdl2-compat - 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 109.6 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage GNU FreeDink is the GNU portable version of the Dink Smallwood game engine. It packages a classic adventure/RPG engine, editor tools, and runtime commands for systems where users expect old free games to build and run from source or from a package manager. ### Project history The GNU project page presents FreeDink as a portable Dink Smallwood engine rather than a new game universe. Its role is preservation and portability: keeping the engine and editor usable on free software systems while pointing users to the GNU documentation and Savannah source-control area. ### Adoption history GNU FreeDink entered the normal GNU distribution channel and appears in several package managers. The supplied package facts list Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and winget entries, showing a small but durable packaging footprint for a niche game engine. ### How it is used Users run freedink or dink to play compatible Dink Smallwood content and freedinkedit or dinkedit to use the editor. Packaging usually focuses on making the SDL-based engine, data lookup paths, and desktop/game integration work without requiring users to build old game code manually. ### Why package nerds care FreeDink is a package-nerd preservation case: a legacy game engine carried through GNU release infrastructure, source control, and distribution recipes. It is small compared with modern game engines, but interesting because packages must bridge classic game assumptions with current filesystem, SDL, and launcher conventions. ### Timeline - 2008: GNU FTP lists early freedink 1.08 source releases. - 2010: Multiple 1.08 dated releases appeared in the GNU archive. - 2012: GNU archive entries include later 1.08 dated and 108.x releases. - 2020s: Distribution packages continue to ship FreeDink as a niche free game engine. ### Related projects - FreeDink is directly related to Dink Smallwood and to GNU's wider collection of free software games and game engines. Its Savannah CVS page is the official source-control surface named by current curation. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes 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:** - **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/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-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/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-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 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [fontconfig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fontconfig/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sdl2-compat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sdl2-compat/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [exult](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/exult/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games, sdl. - [openjazz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjazz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games, sdl. - [arx-libertatis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arx-libertatis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games. - [corsixth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/corsixth/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games. - [crispy-doom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crispy-doom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games. - [solarus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/solarus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games. - [chocolate-doom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chocolate-doom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games, sdl. - [dsda-doom](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dsda-doom/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game-engine, games. - [instead](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/instead/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: adventure, cli, compat, engine, game. - [enigma](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enigma/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, compat, game, games, gettext. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/freedink.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/freedink.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph