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Installer gmsh avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, winget

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de gmsh pour les workflows d'agents IA.

Commande d'installationNotes de sécurité

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install gmsh

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install gmsh

MacPorts ports tree · science/gmsh/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add gmsh

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gmsh · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install gmsh

Debian stable package indexes · gmsh · Source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install gmsh

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gmsh · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gmsh

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gm/gmsh/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install gmsh

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gmsh · Source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%
winget install --id gmsh.gmsh -e

Windows Package Manager source index · gmsh.gmsh · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

3D finite element grid generator with CAD engine

Commandes et alias

  • gmsh

historique

Historique du projet et usages

Gmsh is an automatic three-dimensional finite-element mesh generator with CAD, meshing, solver, and post-processing modules. It is widely packaged because it serves both as a graphical scientific tool and as a scriptable/API-driven mesh generator for simulation workflows.

Historique du projet

Gmsh was created by Christophe Geuzaine and Jean-Francois Remacle, with copyright years in the source README beginning in 1997. The reference manual identifies it as a 3D finite-element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.

The project was documented in a 2009 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering paper, cited from the official manual. That paper helped establish Gmsh as a named research-software artifact rather than only a utility shipped by its authors.

Gmsh evolved from a standalone meshing program into a modular platform. The manual describes four modules: geometry, mesh, solver, and post-processing, controllable from the GUI, the command line, .geo scripts, and C++, C, Python, Julia, and Fortran APIs.

The 4.x line expanded API and CAD workflows, including OpenCASCADE geometry operations, model attributes, Fortran API support, and ongoing changes to mesh formats and post-processing behavior. The official version history records detailed 4.x releases through 4.15.2 in March 2026.

Historique d'adoption

The manual states that source code and precompiled binaries are distributed for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with packages also available in Linux and BSD distributions. The batch metadata additionally shows packaging in Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, winget, and openSUSE.

Gmsh's adoption rests on a useful balance: it is light enough to install as a command-line tool, visual enough for interactive geometry and mesh inspection, and programmable enough to sit inside automated simulation pipelines.

Its official documentation and examples make it attractive to finite-element practitioners who need mesh generation without adopting a full commercial preprocessor. The .geo scripting language and multi-language API also make meshes reproducible in source-controlled projects.

Modes d'utilisation

Practitioners use Gmsh to define geometry, generate 1D, 2D, and 3D meshes, assign physical groups, import CAD through OpenCASCADE, inspect mesh quality, and export mesh files for downstream solvers.

Command-line users generate meshes from .geo files in build pipelines or tests. GUI users inspect and tune geometry, mesh sizes, fields, and post-processing views. API users call Gmsh from C++, C, Python, Julia, or Fortran to generate meshes from application code.

Package-manager installs are especially useful for CI and scientific environments where scripts need the gmsh executable or Python module available without a manual GUI installer.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Gmsh is a high-value package because it turns a hard scientific dependency into a normal system dependency. Build scripts, solver examples, Python notebooks, and finite-element tutorials can all assume an installable gmsh command rather than bundling a meshing engine.

It is also a good example of why scientific packages are often bigger than a CLI: one formula supplies a desktop app, CAD integrations, a shared library, language bindings, examples, and a file-format ecosystem.

Chronologie

  • 1997: Gmsh copyright period begins in the source README.
  • 2009: Gmsh paper published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.
  • 2017: Public GitLab project created on gitlab.onelab.info.
  • 2022: Gmsh 4.11.0 added Fortran API support and new official macOS ARM builds.
  • 2026: Gmsh 4.15.2 released.

Related projects

  • OpenCASCADE supplies CAD-kernel functionality for constructive solid geometry, boolean operations, and STEP import.
  • ONELAB is related through the official hosting and solver-oriented workflows documented by Gmsh.
  • Finite-element solvers consume the mesh files and physical groups produced by Gmsh.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
  • Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
  • S’installe avec 9 dépendances d’exécution.
  • Les métadonnées de compilation listent 2 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

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local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
$GMSH_HOME/<General.OptionsFileName>$GMSH_HOME/<General.SessionFileName>~/<General.OptionsFileName>~/<General.SessionFileName><model-file>.opt
Windows
%GMSH_HOME%\<General.OptionsFileName>%GMSH_HOME%\<General.SessionFileName>%APPDATA%\<General.OptionsFileName>%APPDATA%\<General.SessionFileName><model-file>.opt

exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
gmshcliexécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

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page générée2026-07-10
version du gestionnaire4.15.2
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-22
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://gmsh.info/

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gmsh.info/confiance none

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:gmsh
Version4.15.2
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquetshttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gmsh
Page d'accueilhttps://gmsh.info/
Dépôthttps://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh
Docs amonthttps://gmsh.info/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html
LicenceGPL-2.0-or-later
Archive sourcehttps://gmsh.info/src/gmsh-4.15.2-source.tgz
Dernière mise à jour2026-06-22T14:03:35-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dépendancescairo, fltk, freetype, gmp, jpeg-turbo, libomp, libpng, metis, opencascade
Dépendances de compilationcmake, eigen
Bouteilledisponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrewnon défini
Serviceaucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegmsh
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

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Debian apt95%

gmsh 4.13.1+ds1-6

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install gmsh
  • Section: math
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gmsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gmsh-doc 4.13.1+ds1-6

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator documentation

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install gmsh-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gmsh-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgmsh-dev 4.13.1+ds1-6

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator development files

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install libgmsh-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgmsh-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgmsh-private-headers-dev 4.13.1+ds1-6

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator development files

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install libgmsh-private-headers-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgmsh-private-headers-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgmsh4.13 4.13.1+ds1-6

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator shared library

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install libgmsh4.13
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 27 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgmsh4.13 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

python3-gmsh 4.13.1+ds1-6

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator Python 3 wrapper

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install python3-gmsh
  • Section: python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-gmsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gmsh

nix profile install nixpkgs#gmsh
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gm/gmsh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gmsh 4.12.1+ds1-1.1build2

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install gmsh
  • Section: universe/math
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gmsh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gmsh-doc 4.12.1+ds1-1.1build2

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator documentation

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install gmsh-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gmsh-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgmsh-dev 4.12.1+ds1-1.1build2

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator development files

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install libgmsh-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgmsh-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgmsh-private-headers-dev 4.12.1+ds1-1.1build2

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator development files

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install libgmsh-private-headers-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgmsh-private-headers-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgmsh4.12t64 4.12.1+ds1-1.1build2

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator shared library

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install libgmsh4.12t64
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 24 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgmsh4.12t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

python3-gmsh 4.12.1+ds1-1.1build2

Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator Python 3 wrapper

https://gmsh.info

sudo apt install python3-gmsh
  • Section: universe/python
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-gmsh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gmsh 4.15.0-r0

Automatic 3D finite element mesh generator

https://gmsh.info/

sudo apk add gmsh
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gmsh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gmsh-dbg 4.15.0-r0

Automatic 3D finite element mesh generator (debug symbols)

https://gmsh.info/

sudo apk add gmsh-dbg
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • 1 Dépendances
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gmsh-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gmsh-doc 4.15.0-r0

Automatic 3D finite element mesh generator (documentation)

https://gmsh.info/

sudo apk add gmsh-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gmsh
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Gmsh
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gmsh-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

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