# vimpager mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für vimpager in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:vimpager ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vimpager ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vimpager ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vimpager/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vimpager ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: vimpager from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S vimpager ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: vimpager from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:vimpager - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 2.06 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Use ViM as PAGER - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** BSD-2-Clause - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - vimcat (cli) - vimpager (cli) - vimcat (Alias) - vimpager (Alias) ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - pandoc ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Einschränkungen: To use vimpager as your default pager, add `export PAGER=vimpager` to your shell configuration. - 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: 2.06 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager - neueste erkannte Version: 2.06 (aktuell) - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung vimpager is a small Unix-style pager wrapper that uses Vim as the interactive pager. Its README and vim.org script page describe it as a pager using less.vim with support for highlighted man pages and other features on Unix-like systems, Cygwin, and MSYS. ### Projektgeschichte The project is maintained by Rafael Kitover and distributed both through its GitHub repository and the historical vim.org scripts catalog as script 1723. The vimpager script identifies itself as a shell script for using Vim as PAGER and notes that it is based on Bram Moolenaar's less.sh. ### Adoptionsgeschichte vimpager belongs to the long-running pattern of making terminal tools use a preferred editor's navigation model. Its vim.org script listing shows substantial historical script-catalog usage, and its packaging in systems such as Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and pacman reflects its role as a niche but recognizable tool for Vim-oriented shell users. ### Wie es verwendet wird Users set PAGER or aliases such as less to vimpager so command output, manual pages, and logs open inside a read-only Vim-driven pager. vimpager also ships vimcat, which uses Vim as a syntax-highlighting backend for cat-like output while falling back safely when output is not a terminal. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren For package nerds, vimpager is a classic composability package: it turns the shell's generic PAGER convention into a Vim interface, preserving syntax highlighting, search, movement, and familiar Vim customization in places normally handled by less. ### Related projects - vimpager is related to Vim's less.vim, the historical less.sh script, vimcat, and other Vim-as-pager plugins such as vim-pager. ### Quellen - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: ~/.vimpagerrc, ~/.vim/vimpagerrc ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vimpager - **Aliases:** vimcat - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - vimpager: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: vimpager from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman - vimpager - 2.06-7: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: vimpager from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A vim-based script to use as a PAGER. | https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723 - MacPorts - vimpager: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vimpager/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [pandoc](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pandoc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [eless](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/eless/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal. - [nvimpager](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nvimpager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal. - [page](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/page/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal. - [byobu](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/byobu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [cbonsai](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cbonsai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [sc-im](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/sc-im/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [sheets](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/sheets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. - [smug](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/smug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vimpager.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vimpager.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