# Install dopewars

Free rewrite of a game originally based on "Drug Wars". Version 1.6.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dopewars
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dopewars
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install dopewars
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install dopewars
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dopewars
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S dopewars
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:dopewars
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dopewars>
- **Version:** 1.6.2
- **Source summary:** Free rewrite of a game originally based on "Drug Wars"
- **Homepage:** <https://dopewars.sourceforge.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/benmwebb/dopewars>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://dopewars.sourceforge.io/docs>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dopewars/dopewars/1.6.2/dopewars-1.6.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- dopewars (cli)
- dopewars (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- glib

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf

## macOS Provided Libraries

- curl
- ncurses

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.6.2
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://dopewars.sourceforge.io
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

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:** dopewars
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - dopewars - 1.6.2-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dopewars from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | drug-dealing game set in streets of New York City | http://dopewars.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - dopewars-data - 1.6.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dopewars-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | drug-dealing game set in streets of New York City - data files | http://dopewars.sourceforge.net
- Nix - dopewars: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - dopewars - 1.6.2-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dopewars from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | drug-dealing game set in streets of New York City | http://dopewars.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - dopewars-data - 1.6.2-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dopewars-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | drug-dealing game set in streets of New York City - data files | http://dopewars.sourceforge.net
- pacman - dopewars - 1.6.2-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dopewars from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Turn based strategy game based on "Drug Wars" from 1984 | https://dopewars.sourceforge.io/
- MacPorts - dopewars: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/dopewars/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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