# gaffitter mit Homebrew, apt installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gaffitter
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gaffitter
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gaffitter
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gaffitter
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gaffitter>
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Efficiently fit files/folders to fixed size volumes (like DVDs)
- **Homepage:** <https://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/gaffitter/source>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gaffitter/gaffitter/1.0.0/gaffitter-1.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- fit (cli)
- fit (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- cmake

## 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: 1.0.0
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GAFFitter, the Genetic Algorithm File Fitter, is a C++ command-line tool that uses a genetic algorithm to fit files or size/name items into fixed-size volumes such as CDs or DVDs while minimizing wasted space.

### Projektgeschichte

GAFFitter is authored by Douglas A. Augusto and hosted on SourceForge. SourceForge project metadata records an August 2005 creation date, and the official homepage points to version 1.0.0, the SourceForge Git repository, and official Debian packages.

The homepage describes a POSIX-oriented command-line program designed to work as a filter in shell pipelines as well as on direct file and directory arguments.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

GAFFitter's adoption is small but package-manager-shaped: the official site links Debian packages, and the supplied package facts list Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu package names.

Its original use case reflects the optical-media era, but the underlying bin-packing-style workflow remains useful for arranging arbitrary items into fixed capacities.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users run the fit executable with a target size and files, or pipe size/identifier pairs into it. Options control volume limits, direct input mode, delimiters, sort behavior, and genetic algorithm parameters such as seed, generations, population size, crossover probability, mutation probability, and selection pressure.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

GAFFitter is a compact example of a Unix filter wrapping a metaheuristic algorithm. For package maintainers, it is interesting because the executable name is fit rather than gaffitter, the upstream code is SourceForge-hosted Git, and the documentation still foregrounds CD/DVD packing.

### Zeitleiste

- 2005: SourceForge project created.
- 2015: Official homepage lists version 1.0.0 and shows the site last updated in August 2015.
- 2020s: Present in Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu according to the supplied package facts.

### Related projects

- The official homepage links Debian packages as a distribution channel.
- The project documentation includes generated class documentation for the genetic algorithm implementation.

### Quellen

- <https://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/classGA.html>
- <https://sourceforge.net/rest/p/gaffitter>
- <https://sourceforge.net/rest/p/gaffitter/source/>


## 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:** gaffitter
- **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 - gaffitter - 0.6.0-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gaffitter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | File subsets extractor based on genetic algorithms | http://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - gaffitter - 0.6.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gaffitter from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | File subsets extractor based on genetic algorithms | http://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/


## Verwandte Links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ddh](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ddh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [fpart](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/fpart/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, packing, system.
- [g-ls](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/g-ls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [gomi](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gomi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [gtrash](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/gtrash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [mmv](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mmv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [periscope](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/periscope/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [rmrfrs](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/rmrfrs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, system.
- [clean](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/clean/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, file, files, system.

## Combined YAML source

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