# babl mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für babl in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:babl ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install babl ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install babl ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/babl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add babl ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: babl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gir1.2-babl-0.1 ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-babl-0.1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install babl ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babl 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#babl ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/babl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S babl ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: babl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install babl-devel ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: babl-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:babl - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 0.1.126 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Dynamic, any-to-any, pixel format translation library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** LGPL-3.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:02:50-07:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - babl (cli) - babl (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - little-cms2 ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - glib - gobject-introspection - meson - ninja - pcre2 - pkgconf - vala ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-08 - Manager-Version: 0.1.126 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-22 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://www.gegl.org/babl/ - Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung babl is a C library and small command-line tool for pixel encoding, pixel-format introspection, and color-space conversion. It is most visible as infrastructure under GEGL and GIMP rather than as an end-user application. ### Projektgeschichte The official babl site describes it as a pixel encoding and color-space conversion engine with a vocabulary for building new pixel formats from existing primitives. Its source tree is hosted by GNOME, and the site says babl releases are often made just before GEGL releases when GEGL needs significant babl improvements. The project has grown from a format-conversion library into a portability-sensitive graphics component. Recent NEWS entries show work on ICC handling, SIMD and CPU-specific paths, lookup-table behavior, Windows/MSVC support, and a command-line tool added in the 0.1.94 release. ### Adoptionsgeschichte babl's adoption is mostly indirect: the official documentation states that GIMP pixel storage uses GEGL's GeglBuffer and implicit conversions using babl formats. The package appears across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Alpine, and openSUSE metadata in the supplied package-manager facts. ### Wie es verwendet wird Most users encounter babl as a build and runtime dependency of image software. Developers use its C API to name formats, convert buffers, add color models or data types, and rely on babl's runtime profiling and cached conversion selection for fast pixel pipelines. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren For package maintainers, babl is a classic small-but-central graphics dependency: it is not flashy, but version skew can affect GIMP/GEGL builds, color-management behavior, SIMD dispatch, and cross-platform packaging. Its significance is the kind dependency-graph people notice when a desktop graphics stack fails to build. ### Zeitleiste - 2018: GNOME GitLab metadata records the babl project on gitlab.gnome.org. - 2019: babl 0.1.62 NEWS notes initial CMYK spaces with lcms2-based ICC support. - 2022: babl 0.1.94 NEWS notes the addition of a command-line tool. - 2025: babl 0.1.114 NEWS notes ICC TRC cache fixes and BABL_ICC_INTENT_DEFAULT. - 2026: babl 0.1.126 NEWS notes that building with MSVC is now possible. ### Related projects - GEGL is babl's closest companion project: the babl site explicitly links babl releases and GEGL needs. GIMP is the major downstream application named by the official docs. lcms2 is relevant for ICC profile and CMYK color-management support. ### Quellen - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Sicherheitshinweise library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** babl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - gir1.2-babl-0.1 - 1:0.1.114-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-babl-0.1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject introspection data for Babl library | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Debian apt - libbabl-0.1-0 - 1:0.1.114-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libbabl-0.1-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Debian apt - libbabl-dev - 1:0.1.114-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libbabl-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (development files) | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Debian apt - libbabl-doc - 1:0.1.114-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libbabl-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (documentation) | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Nix - babl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/babl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gir1.2-babl-0.1 - 1:0.1.108-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-babl-0.1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject introspection data for Babl library | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Ubuntu apt - libbabl-0.1-0 - 1:0.1.108-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libbabl-0.1-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Ubuntu apt - libbabl-dev - 1:0.1.108-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libbabl-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (development files) | https://gegl.org/babl/ - Ubuntu apt - libbabl-doc - 1:0.1.108-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libbabl-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (documentation) | https://gegl.org/babl/ - apk - babl - 0.1.126-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: babl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library | https://gegl.org/babl - apk - babl-dev - 0.1.126-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: babl-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (development files) | https://gegl.org/babl - apk - babl-tools - 0.1.126-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: babl-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (cli tool) | https://gegl.org/babl - dnf - babl - 0.1.126-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library | https://www.gegl.org/babl/ - dnf - babl-devel - 0.1.126-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babl-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Headers for developing programs that will use babl | https://www.gegl.org/babl/ - dnf - babl-devel-docs - 0.1.126-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: babl-devel-docs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for developing programs that will use babl | https://www.gegl.org/babl/ - pacman - babl - 0.1.126-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: babl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library | https://gegl.org/babl/ ## Verwandte Links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [little-cms2](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/little-cms2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/glib/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gobject-introspection](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gobject-introspection/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gegl](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gegl/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [exact-image](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/exact-image/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, image-processing, library, media. - 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[combined/babl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/babl.yml) ## Quellen - 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