Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install bdftopcf

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install bdftopcf

MacPorts ports tree · x11/bdftopcf/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add bdftopcf

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · bdftopcf · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install bdftopcf

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · bdftopcf · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#bdftopcf

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bd/bdftopcf/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install bdftopcf

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · bdftopcf · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable Compiled Format

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

bdftopcf

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

bdftopcf is a small X.Org utility that compiles BDF bitmap fonts into PCF, the Portable Compiled Format used by the X server and X font server. It is not glamorous, but it is part of the plumbing that made bitmap font distribution and loading practical across architectures.

Projektgeschichte

The X.Org manpage carries MIT X Consortium and Open Group copyright notices from the 1990s and identifies Keith Packard as the author. The current upstream README describes bdftopcf as a font compiler whose output is portable across architectures while still allowing fast native reads on the architecture it was optimized for.

Like many X11 utilities, bdftopcf moved through the modular X.Org era. The freedesktop GitLab tag history includes modular-copy and X.Org 7.0-era tags in 2005, followed by standalone bdftopcf 1.0.x and 1.1.x releases through bdftopcf-1.1.2 in 2024.

Adoptionsgeschichte

bdftopcf is adopted wherever traditional X11 bitmap-font tooling is still packaged. The input package facts show it in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE packaging, reflecting its role as a compatibility and build utility rather than an end-user application.

Wie es verwendet wird

The documented command takes a .bdf font and writes PCF to standard output or an output file. Options set glyph padding, scanline unit, bit order, byte order, terminal-font conversion, ink-metric handling, and output filename.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

bdftopcf is package-nerd significant because it is a surviving shard of the X11 bitmap font toolchain. Its value is mostly infrastructural: font packages, old X deployments, reproducible builds, and compatibility stacks need tiny tools like this to keep legacy formats buildable.

Zeitleiste

1990s: bdftopcf is part of the MIT X Consortium/Open Group X11 utility set.
2001: The XFree86/X.Org manpage revisions document the tool and Keith Packard authorship.
2005: X.Org modularization tags appear in the upstream history.
2007: bdftopcf-1.0.1 appears as an early standalone util release.
2024: bdftopcf-1.1.2 is tagged upstream on freedesktop GitLab.

Related projects

BDF is the text bitmap font source format converted by the tool.
PCF is the compiled bitmap font format produced by the tool.
X.Org Server and the historical X font server are the consumers named by the upstream README and manpage.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`bdftopcf`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.1.2

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/bdftopcf

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/bdftopcfnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:bdftopcf
Version	1.1.2
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bdftopcf
Homepage	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/bdftopcf
Repository	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/bdftopcf
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/bdftopcf
Lizenz	MIT-open-group
Quellarchiv	https://www.x.org/releases/individual/util/bdftopcf-1.1.2.tar.xz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	pkgconf, xorgproto
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

bdftopcf

nix profile install nixpkgs#bdftopcf

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bdftopcf

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

apk95%

bdftopcf 1.1.2-r0

X.Org font utility

https://xorg.freedesktop.org/

sudo apk add bdftopcf

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: bdftopcf
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bdftopcf

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bdftopcf from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

bdftopcf-doc 1.1.2-r0

X.Org font utility (documentation)

https://xorg.freedesktop.org/

sudo apk add bdftopcf-doc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: bdftopcf
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bdftopcf

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bdftopcf-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

bdftopcf 1.1.2-5.fc44

Font compiler for the X server and font server

https://www.x.org

sudo dnf install bdftopcf

License: MIT-open-group
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: bdftopcf
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bdftopcf

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bdftopcf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

bdftopcf 1.1.2-1.5

Font compiler for the X server and font server

http://xorg.freedesktop.org/

sudo zypper install bdftopcf

License: MIT
Category: System/X11/Utilities
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: bdftopcf
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bdftopcf

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bdftopcf from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

bdftopcf

sudo port install bdftopcf

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Bdftopcf

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: x11/bdftopcf/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/bdftopcf.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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bdftopcf mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren