# Install gerbil-scheme

Opinionated dialect of Scheme designed for Systems Programming. Version 0.18.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gerbil-scheme
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gerbil-scheme
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gerbil
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: science/gerbil/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gerbil
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: gerbil from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:gerbil-scheme
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gerbil-scheme>
- **Version:** 0.18.2
- **Source summary:** Opinionated dialect of Scheme designed for Systems Programming
- **Homepage:** <https://cons.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://cons.io/guide>
- **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later OR Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/archive/refs/tags/v0.18.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-12T10:13:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- gerbil (cli)
- gxc (cli)
- gxensemble (cli)
- gxensemble-test (cli)
- gxhttpd (cli)
- gxhttpd-ensemble-test (cli)
- gxhttpd-test (cli)
- gxi (cli)
- gxpkg (cli)
- gxprof (cli)
- gxtags (cli)
- gxtest (cli)
- gerbil (alias)
- gxc (alias)
- gxensemble (alias)
- gxensemble-test (alias)
- gxhttpd (alias)
- gxhttpd-ensemble-test (alias)
- gxhttpd-test (alias)
- gxi (alias)
- gxpkg (alias)
- gxprof (alias)
- gxtags (alias)
- gxtest (alias)

## Dependencies

- gcc
- openssl@3

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## macOS Provided Libraries

- sqlite

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.18.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-12
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil
- Upstream latest detected: v0.18.2 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gerbil-scheme
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** gambit-scheme, ghostscript
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - gerbil: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: science/gerbil/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - gerbil: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: gerbil from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


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## Sources

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- package relationship graph
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