# Install lcm

Libraries and tools for message passing and data marshalling. Version 1.5.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lcm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lcm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install liblcm-bin
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: liblcm-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lcm
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:lcm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lcm>
- **Version:** 1.5.2
- **Source summary:** Libraries and tools for message passing and data marshalling
- **Homepage:** <https://lcm-proj.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lcm-proj/lcm>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://lcm-proj.github.io/lcm>
- **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/lcm-proj/lcm/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- lcm-gen (cli)
- lcm-logger (cli)
- lcm-logplayer (cli)
- lcm-logplayer-gui (cli)
- lcm-spy (cli)
- lcm-gen (alias)
- lcm-logger (alias)
- lcm-logplayer (alias)
- lcm-logplayer-gui (alias)
- lcm-spy (alias)

## Dependencies

- glib
- lua
- openjdk
- python@3.14

## Build Dependencies

- cmake
- pkgconf

## 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: 1.5.2
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/lcm-proj/lcm
- Upstream latest detected: v1.5.2 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## 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:** lcm
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **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 - liblcm-bin - 1.3.1+repack1-9: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblcm-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Executable tools | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Debian apt - liblcm-dev - 1.3.1+repack1-9: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblcm-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Dev files | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Debian apt - liblcm-doc - 1.3.1+repack1-9: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblcm-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Documentation | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Debian apt - liblcm-java - 1.3.1+repack1-9: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblcm-java from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Java Interface | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Debian apt - liblcm1 - 1.3.1+repack1-9: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblcm1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Runtime lib | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Nix - lcm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lc/lcm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - liblcm-bin - 1.5.0~repack1-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblcm-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Executable tools | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - liblcm-dev - 1.5.0~repack1-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblcm-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Dev files | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - liblcm-doc - 1.5.0~repack1-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblcm-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Documentation | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - liblcm-java - 1.5.0~repack1-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblcm-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Java Interface | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - liblcm1 - 1.5.0~repack1-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblcm1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Runtime lib | http://lcm-proj.github.io/
- Ubuntu apt - python3-lcm - 1.5.0~repack1-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-lcm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Lightweight Communications and Marshalling - Python Interface | http://lcm-proj.github.io/


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