# Install exult

Recreation of Ultima 7. Version 1.12.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:exult
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install exult
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install exult
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#exult
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:exult
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/exult>
- **Version:** 1.12.1
- **Source summary:** Recreation of Ultima 7
- **Homepage:** <https://exult.sourceforge.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/exult/exult>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://exult.sourceforge.io/docs.html>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/exult/exult/archive/refs/tags/v1.12.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-31T15:21:54-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- cmanip (cli)
- expack (cli)
- exult (cli)
- mklink (cli)
- shp2pcx (cli)
- splitshp (cli)
- textpack (cli)
- u7voice2syx (cli)
- ucxt (cli)
- wuc (cli)
- cmanip (alias)
- expack (alias)
- exult (alias)
- mklink (alias)
- shp2pcx (alias)
- splitshp (alias)
- textpack (alias)
- u7voice2syx (alias)
- ucxt (alias)
- wuc (alias)

## Dependencies

- libogg
- libvorbis
- sdl2

## Build Dependencies

- autoconf
- autoconf-archive
- automake
- libtool
- pkgconf

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: This formula only includes the game engine; you will need to supply your own own legal copy of the Ultima 7 game files for the software to fully function. Update audio settings accordingly with configuration file: ~/Library/Preferences/exult.cfg To use CoreAudio, set `driver` to `CoreAudio`. To use audio pack, set `use_oggs` to `yes`.
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.12.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-31
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/exult/exult
- Upstream latest detected: v1.12.1 (current)

## 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:** exult
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - exult - 1.10.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: exult from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | engine for Ultima VII (BG, FOV, SI, SS) | http://exult.sourceforge.net/
- Debian apt - exult-studio - 1.10.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: exult-studio from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for editing and viewing exult games | http://exult.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - exult: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/exult/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - exult - 1.8-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: exult from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | engine for Ultima VII (BG, FOV, SI, SS) | http://exult.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - exult-studio - 1.8-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: exult-studio from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for editing and viewing exult games | http://exult.sourceforge.net/


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- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
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