# Install glulxe

Portable VM like the Z-machine. Version 0.6.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:glulxe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install glulxe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install glulxe
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:glulxe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glulxe>
- **Version:** 0.6.1
- **Source summary:** Portable VM like the Z-machine
- **Homepage:** <https://www.eblong.com/zarf/glulx/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/erkyrath/glulxe>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/erkyrath/glulxe#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/glulxe-061.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- glulxe (cli)
- glulxe (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- glktermw

## macOS Provided Libraries

- ncurses

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.6.1
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.eblong.com/zarf/glulx/
- 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:** glulxe
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **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 - glulxe - 0.6.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: glulxe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Interpreter for glulx interactive fiction | https://www.eblong.com/zarf/glulx/
- Ubuntu apt - glulxe - 0.5.4-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: glulxe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Interpreter for glulx interactive fiction | https://www.eblong.com/zarf/glulx/


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph