# limine mit Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für limine in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:limine ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install limine ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add limine ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#limine ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/limine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S limine ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: limine from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install limine ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: limine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:limine - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 12.4.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Modern, advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** BSD-2-Clause - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-02T00:17:30Z - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - limine (cli) - limine (Alias) ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - lld - llvm - mtools - nasm ## 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: 12.4.0 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-02 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine - Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Limine is a bootloader, boot manager, and reference implementation of the Limine boot protocol. It is packaged for people building operating systems, custom boot media, and systems that need a modern multiprotocol loader rather than a general-purpose application. ### Projektgeschichte Limine developed as a portable bootloader that supports BIOS and UEFI-style use cases across multiple architectures. Its README describes support for IA-32, x86-64, aarch64, riscv64, and loongarch64, plus boot protocols including Linux, Limine, Multiboot 1, Multiboot 2, and chainloading. The project is closely tied to its own boot protocol: Limine is both a boot manager for users and the reference implementation for OS developers targeting that protocol. The repository also documents configuration and protocol details in standalone files, which is typical for bootloader projects where the file format and ABI are as important as the executable. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Limine's adoption is strongest in hobby operating-system development, custom kernels, and boot-media workflows. Its packaging in Homebrew and several Linux-oriented package sets makes it easier to install the host-side limine tool without vendoring a bootloader tree into every OS project. ### Wie es verwendet wird Packaged usage generally means installing the limine host tool, placing Limine boot files on a target disk or image, and writing a limine.conf menu. The documented configuration search paths explain why the package is useful for repeatable image-building scripts as well as interactive boot-manager setups. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Limine matters to package nerds because it packages a low-level boot artifact with a normal userland CLI. That makes an unusually hardware-adjacent workflow reproducible through ordinary package managers, while still carrying protocol documentation, binary releases, and strict configuration-file semantics. ### Zeitleiste - 2021: Public issue traffic referenced Limine v1.0 in bootloader installation workflows. - 7.x series: Limine releases began using Semantic Versioning for release naming. - 2026-06-09: The GitHub repository release panel listed v12.3.3. ### Related projects - Related projects and standards include the Limine boot protocol, Linux boot protocol support, Multiboot 1, Multiboot 2, UEFI booting, and other bootloaders such as GRUB and systemd-boot. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für limine wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /limine.conf, /boot/limine/limine.conf, /boot/limine.conf, /limine/limine.conf, /limine.conf ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** limine - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - limine: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/limine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - limine - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-bios - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-bios from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (BIOS sys file) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-bios-cd - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-bios-cd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (BIOS CD binary) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-bios-pxe - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-bios-pxe from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (BIOS PXE executable) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-bios-updater - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-bios-updater from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Limine auto-updater for BIOS | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-doc - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (documentation) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-aarch64 - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-aarch64 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (aarch64 EFI image) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-cd - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-cd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (EFI CD binary) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-loongarch64 - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-loongarch64 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (loongarch64 EFI image) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-riscv64 - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-riscv64 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (riscv64 EFI image) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-updater - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-updater from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Limine auto-updater for EFI payload | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-x86 - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-x86 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (IA-32 EFI image) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-efi-x86_64 - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-efi-x86_64 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Modern, secure, portable, multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager (x86-64 EFI image) | https://limine-bootloader.org - apk - limine-tool - 12.3.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: limine-tool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Limine host tool | https://limine-bootloader.org - pacman - limine - 12.3.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: limine from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | An advanced, portable, multiprotocol bootloader | https://github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [lld](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/lld/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [llvm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/llvm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mtools](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mtools/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [nasm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nasm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [u-boot-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/u-boot-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bootloader, cli, system. - [bootloadhid](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bootloadhid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bootloader, cli, system. - [bootterm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bootterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bootloader, cli, system. - [i686-elf-grub](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/i686-elf-grub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bootloader, cli, system. - [x86_64-elf-grub](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/x86-64-elf-grub/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bootloader, cli, system. - [abduco](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/abduco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [acl](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/acl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [acpica](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/acpica/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, system. - [clifm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/clifm/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, manager, system. - [facad](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/facad/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, modern, system. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/limine.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/limine.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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