# ginac mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ginac
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ginac
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install GiNaC
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add ginac
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ginac-tools
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ginac
```

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ginac
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install ginac
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ginac
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ginac>
- **Version:** 1.8.10
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Not a Computer algebra system
- **Homepage:** <https://www.ginac.de/>
- **Repository:** <https://codeberg.org/GiNaC/ginac>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://www.ginac.de/reference>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://www.ginac.de/ginac-1.8.10.tar.bz2>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- ginsh (cli)
- viewgar (cli)
- ginsh (Alias)
- viewgar (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- cln
- python@3.14
- readline

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- pkgconf

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 1.8.10
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://www.ginac.de/
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GiNaC is a C++ symbolic-computation library whose name expands recursively to GiNaC is Not a CAS. It embeds algebraic manipulation into C++ programs instead of presenting a separate computer-algebra language.

### Projektgeschichte

The project was developed as a replacement symbolic engine for xloops, which had previously depended on Maple. Its official site describes the design as a deliberate departure from traditional computer algebra systems: GiNaC accepts C++ as the programming language and adds symbolic expression types, functions, matrices, series, polynomial operations, and output facilities.

GiNaC reached 1.0.0 in November 2001 after a sequence of 0.x releases. The authors published an article introducing the framework in the Journal of Symbolic Computation era, and the tutorial continues to present it as an open framework for symbolic computation within C++.

The project has had long maintenance across changing C++ standards and scientific-computing needs. The news log records major API and implementation shifts such as C++11 adoption in the 1.7 series, iterated-integral work in the 1.8 series, and a primary repository move to Codeberg in February 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

GiNaC has significance in high-energy-physics and symbolic-computation tooling because it was written to support Feynman-integral work while remaining a reusable C++ library. Its official download page notes packages in Debian, SuSE, Fedora, and FreeBSD, and the Homebrew metadata adds another Unix-like packaging channel.

The library depends on CLN for number types and benefits from CLN's arbitrary-precision integer and rational arithmetic. That relationship made GiNaC part of a small but durable stack for C++ programs needing exact algebra without embedding a full external CAS.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Practitioners include GiNaC headers in C++ programs, construct symbolic expressions, and use library calls for differentiation, expansion, series, polynomial factorization, GCD, symbolic matrices, linear solving, and generated output. The ginsh executable gives package users an interactive shell for exploring expressions without writing a full C++ program.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

GiNaC matters to package maintainers because it combines a library ABI, a CLI shell, generated documentation, CLN dependency management, and distribution packaging across Unix-like systems. Its long release log also shows the maintenance burden of keeping symbolic C++ libraries buildable across compiler, standard-library, and platform changes.

### Zeitleiste

- 1999: 0.4.0 appeared in the public news log.
- 2001: 1.0.0 was released.
- 2002: The introductory GiNaC framework paper was published in the Journal of Symbolic Computation period.
- 2016: 1.7.0 adopted C++11 features and removed older C++98-era machinery.
- 2020: 1.8.0 added numerical routines for iterated integrals and improved CMake support.
- 2026: The primary Git repository moved to Codeberg.

### Related projects

- The official site links GiNaC with xloops, Maple, CLN, pyGiNaC, and broader computer-algebra-system practice.

### Quellen

- <https://www.ginac.de/>
- <https://www.ginac.de/About.html>
- <https://www.ginac.de/Download.html>
- <https://www.ginac.de/News.html>
- <https://www.ginac.de/csSC-0004015.pdf>
- <https://www.ginac.de/tutorial/>


## 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:** ginac
- **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 - ginac-tools - 1.8.8-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ginac-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GiNaC symbolic framework support tools | http://www.ginac.de/
- Debian apt - libginac-dev - 1.8.8-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libginac-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GiNaC symbolic framework development files | http://www.ginac.de/
- Debian apt - libginac13 - 1.8.8-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libginac13 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GiNaC symbolic framework runtime library | http://www.ginac.de/
- Nix - ginac: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/ginac/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ginac-tools - 1.8.7-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ginac-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GiNaC symbolic framework support tools | http://www.ginac.de/
- Ubuntu apt - libginac-dev - 1.8.7-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libginac-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GiNaC symbolic framework development files | http://www.ginac.de/
- Ubuntu apt - libginac11 - 1.8.7-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libginac11 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GiNaC symbolic framework runtime library | http://www.ginac.de/
- apk - ginac - 1.8.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ginac from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C++ library for symbolic computations | https://www.ginac.de/
- apk - ginac-dev - 1.8.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ginac-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C++ library for symbolic computations (development files) | https://www.ginac.de/
- apk - ginac-doc - 1.8.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ginac-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | C++ library for symbolic computations (documentation) | https://www.ginac.de/
- dnf - ginac - 1.8.9-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ginac from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | C++ library for symbolic calculations | https://www.ginac.de/
- dnf - ginac-devel - 1.8.9-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ginac-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ginac | https://www.ginac.de/
- dnf - ginac-utils - 1.8.9-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ginac-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | GiNaC-related utilities | https://www.ginac.de/
- pacman - ginac - 1.8.9-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ginac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | C++ library for symbolic calculations | https://www.ginac.de/
- zypper - ginac - 1.8.10-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ginac from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | C++ library for symbolic calculations | https://www.ginac.de/
- zypper - ginac-devel - 1.8.10-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ginac-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | GiNaC development libraries and header files | https://www.ginac.de/


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


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