# bsdiff mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für bsdiff in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:bsdiff
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bsdiff
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bsdiff
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: devel/bsdiff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install bsdiff
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install bsdiff
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bsdiff 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#bsdiff
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install bsdiff
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:bsdiff
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bsdiff>
- **Version:** 4.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Generate and apply patches to binary files
- **Homepage:** <https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff>
- **Lizenz:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/bsdiff/bsdiff_4.3.orig.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- bsdiff (cli)
- bsdiff (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- bmake

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- bzip2

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 4.3
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

bsdiff and bspatch are Colin Percival's binary diff and patch tools, best known for producing small patches for executable files. The package is tiny, old, and still important because binary delta updates remain a core packaging and updater trick.

### Projektgeschichte

The official page describes bsdiff and bspatch as tools for building and applying binary patches. It explains that they use suffix sorting, specifically Larsson and Sadakane's qsufsort, and exploit the way executable files change to make much smaller patches than contemporary binary patch tools.

The same page says the programs were originally named `bdiff` and `bpatch`, but were renamed because many other programs used those names. It published version 4.3 as a tarball and identifies the BSDiff 4 algorithm with Percival's 2003 paper, `Naive differences of executable code`.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

By the time version 4.2 was described on the official page, bsdiff was already in the FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD ports trees, DarwinPorts, Gentoo, and as a Python extension module. The provided package facts show wider modern packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/zypper.

bsdiff also influenced the packaging and update world indirectly: binary delta algorithms of this style are natural fits for software update systems, where shaving patch size saves bandwidth and time.

### Wie es verwendet wird

`bsdiff` compares an old file and a new file to produce a compact patch; `bspatch` applies that patch to reconstruct the new file. The package is most useful for compiled binaries and other files where line-oriented text diffs are ineffective.

The official page documents its resource profile: bsdiff is memory-hungry and runs in O((n+m) log n), while bspatch runs in O(n+m). That tradeoff is acceptable for many release pipelines because patch creation happens once, while patch application may happen many times.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

bsdiff is package-nerd famous because it is a small command with an outsized effect on binary distribution. It gives maintainers a simple way to ship deltas instead of whole files, and its paper made the algorithm understandable enough to reimplement and adapt.

It is also a classic example of a package whose upstream is not a modern forge repository. Package managers preserve the tool through tarballs, patches, and downstream maintenance even without a canonical GitHub-style source-control home.

### Zeitleiste

- 2003: Colin Percival describes the BSDiff 4 algorithm in `Naive differences of executable code`.
- 2000s: Version 4.2 is available in FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD ports, DarwinPorts, Gentoo, and as a Python extension.
- 2005: Version 4.3 is published on the official daemonology.net bsdiff page.
- 2026: Provided package facts show bsdiff available across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/zypper.

### Related projects

- bspatch is the companion patch-application utility shipped with bsdiff.
- xdelta is the comparison tool named by the official page for binary delta compression.
- RTPatch is the commercial binary patch tool named by the official page as another comparison point.
- FreeBSD Update is historically associated with Colin Percival's binary-update work and the wider bsdiff ecosystem.

### Quellen

- <https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff>
- <https://www.daemonology.net/papers/bsdiff.pdf>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** bsdiff
- **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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - bsdiff - 4.3-23: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bsdiff from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generate/apply a patch between two binary files | https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff
- Nix - bsdiff: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bs/bsdiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - bsdiff - 4.3-23: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bsdiff from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generate/apply a patch between two binary files | https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff
- dnf - bsdiff - 4.3-39.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bsdiff from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Binary diff/patch utility | http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
- zypper - bsdiff - 4.3-6.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bsdiff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Tools for binary file patches | https://daemonology.net/bsdiff
- MacPorts - bsdiff: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/bsdiff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [bmake](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [xdelta](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/xdelta/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: binary-diff, cli, delta-compression, developer-tools, diff.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bsdiff.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bsdiff.yml)


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- 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