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fox mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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

Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install fox

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install fox

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add fox

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

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install fox

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

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fox

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

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S fox

Arch Linux sync databases · fox · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install libFOX-1_6-0

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libFOX-1_6-0 · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces easily

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

PathFinder
adie
calculator
fox-config
reswrap
shutterbug

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

FOX Toolkit is a C++ cross-platform GUI toolkit. Its official site presents it as a way to build applications that can be recompiled across operating systems while keeping GUI behavior under the toolkit's control.

Projektgeschichte

FOX was started by Jeroen van der Zijp and is distributed as source archives from the official fox-toolkit.org download area rather than through an official public source-control repository. The site copyright range begins in 1997, and the downloads page lists stable, old-stable, and development source releases.

The project's design notes frame FOX as a source-available LGPL toolkit written from the ground up in C++, avoiding wrappers over native GUI libraries and concentrating platform dependencies in selected base classes.

Adoptionsgeschichte

FOX's adoption story is tied to portable desktop software and bundled sample applications. The official download page ships source archives for Linux/Unix and Windows, documentation, and application sources such as Adie, Shutterbug, and the FOX Calculator inside the FOX distribution.

For package managers, FOX is the kind of dependency that appears both as a GUI library and as a source of small demonstration utilities, which is why packages often expose executables such as adie, calculator, reswrap, and fox-config.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers use FOX as a C++ GUI library, compiling against its headers and libraries. The Win32 documentation describes linking FOX applications with Visual C++ and using a normal main function via the mainCRTStartup entry point.

The official goals page emphasizes platform-independent public interfaces, avoiding accidental inclusion of platform-specific GUI headers, and relying only on low-level operating-system facilities.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

FOX is package-nerd significant as a long-lived, self-contained GUI toolkit with its own build artifacts, helper tools, and sample applications. It represents the older Unix packaging problem of shipping a portable C++ GUI library that also contains useful end-user programs.

It is also interesting because official distribution is archive-based: the source of truth is the project's download directory and documentation site, not an official GitHub or GitLab project page.

Zeitleiste

1997: Official site copyright range begins for FOX Toolkit.
1.4.35: Old stable source archive is listed on the official download page.
1.6.59: Stable source archive is listed on the official download page.
1.7.90: Development source archive and news entry are listed on the official site.

Related projects

Adie, Shutterbug, and FOX Calculator are distributed with or from the FOX distribution and serve as example applications.
FOX is related by problem domain to other cross-platform GUI toolkits, but the official goals page distinguishes it from wrappers over native GUI libraries.

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 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 15 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`PathFinder`	cli	globales Executable
`adie`	cli	globales Executable
`calculator`	cli	globales Executable
`fox-config`	cli	globales Executable
`reswrap`	cli	globales Executable
`shutterbug`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10

Manager-Version1.6.59

Manager aktualisiert2026-06-25

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

http://fox-toolkit.org/

InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://fox-toolkit.org/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:fox
Version	1.6.59
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fox
Homepage	http://fox-toolkit.org/
Upstream-Dokumentation	http://fox-toolkit.org/
Lizenz	LGPL-2.1-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://distfiles.macports.org/fox/fox-1.6.59.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-06-25T13:37:40+02:00
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	fontconfig, freetype, jpeg-turbo, libpng, libtiff, libx11, libxcursor, libxext, libxfixes, libxft, libxi, libxrandr, libxrender, mesa, mesa-glu
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	bzip2
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	fox
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%

fox

nix profile install nixpkgs#fox

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox 1.6.59-r0

Free Objects for X

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-adie 1.6.59-r0

Adie text editor

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-adie

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-calculator 1.6.59-r0

Free Objects for X - calculator

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-calculator

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-dev 1.6.59-r0

Free Objects for X (development files)

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-dev

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-doc 1.6.59-r0

Free Objects for X (documentation)

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-doc

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-pathfinder 1.6.59-r0

Free Objects for X - fast file manager

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-pathfinder

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-shutterbug 1.6.59-r0

fox - screen snapshot application

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-shutterbug

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

apk95%

fox-utils 1.6.59-r0

fox (development utilities)

http://www.fox-toolkit.org

sudo apk add fox-utils

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

dnf95%

fox 1.6.59-3.fc44

C++ based Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

sudo dnf install fox

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: fox
23 Abhängigkeiten
3 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

dnf95%

fox-devel 1.6.59-3.fc44

Development files for fox

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

sudo dnf install fox-devel

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: fox
5 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

dnf95%

fox-doc 1.6.59-3.fc44

Documentation files for fox

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

sudo dnf install fox-doc

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: fox
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

dnf95%

fox-utils 1.6.59-3.fc44

Utility applications based on fox

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

sudo dnf install fox-utils

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox
8 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

pacman95%

fox 1:1.6.59-1

Free Objects for X: GUI Toolkit for C++

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

sudo pacman -S fox

License: LGPL AND custom
Architecture: x86_64
8 Abhängigkeiten
1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: fox from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

libFOX-1_6-0 1.6.57-4.14

Shared libraries for the FOX toolkit 1.6

http://www.fox-toolkit.org/

sudo zypper install libFOX-1_6-0

License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
Category: System/Libraries
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fox16
18 Abhängigkeiten
5 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libFOX-1_6-0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

fox

sudo port install fox

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fox

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

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/fox.yml

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fox mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Agent-Sicherheitsleitfäden

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen