# form を Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper でインストール

form のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:form
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install form
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install form
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#form
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install form
```

  証拠: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: form from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:form
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **パッケージマネージャページ:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/form>
- **バージョン:** 5.0.1
- **ソース概要:** Symbolic manipulation system
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/form-dev/form>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://github.com/form-dev/form#readme>
- **ライセンス:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/form-dev/form/releases/download/v5.0.1/form-5.0.1.tar.gz>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-29T13:26:59Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- form (cli)
- tform (cli)
- form (エイリアス)
- tform (エイリアス)

## 依存関係

- flint
- gmp
- mpfr
- zstd

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-07-08
- マネージャ版: 5.0.1
- マネージャ更新日: 2026-06-29
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/form-dev/form
- 情報: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

FORM is a symbolic manipulation system designed for very large algebraic expressions, especially in high-energy physics. Its official materials emphasize that expression size is limited mainly by disk space rather than RAM, making it a specialist tool for computations that strain conventional computer algebra systems.

### プロジェクトの歴史

FORM was started in 1984 by Jos Vermaseren at NIKHEF. The official NIKHEF history describes its evolution across Apollo workstations, Atari ST, NeXT systems, PCs, Linux systems, and multicore machines, while the current GitHub README names Jos Vermaseren as the original author and lists later contributors in the AUTHORS file.

Parallel variants became part of the FORM story: ParFORM was developed for multiprocessor and cluster systems, while TFORM became the multithreaded version for shared-memory machines. The GitHub project was established in 2013 and continues to publish tagged releases, including the 5.0 series in 2026.

### 採用の歴史

FORM's adoption is concentrated in research computing and high-energy physics rather than general-purpose scripting. The README states that it has been essential for state-of-the-art high-energy-physics computations, and the NIKHEF pages describe an ecosystem of manuals, courses, tutorials, a reference manual, and workshops around the tool.

### 使われ方

FORM programs read symbolic expressions from files, apply symbolic or algebraic transformations, and print textual mathematical results. The distributed command set includes form for sequential use and tform for multithreaded use, with optional dependencies such as GMP, MPFR, zstd, zlib, and FLINT improving capabilities or performance.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

FORM is package-nerd significant because it is an old, performance-oriented domain tool that still ships as a Unix-style command-line program. It bridges scientific computing, symbolic algebra, disk-backed data structures, and long-running source distribution history, making it a classic example of research software that package managers keep usable outside its original lab environment.

### タイムライン

- 1984: FORM development started.
- 1999: ParFORM development era began on multiprocessor systems.
- 2013: Public GitHub repository created and 4.x releases published there.
- 2026: FORM 5.0-series releases published.

### Related projects

- Related FORM variants include ParFORM for distributed-memory multiprocessor systems and TFORM for shared-memory multithreading. FORM also occupies the efficient, large-expression side of the computer-algebra landscape, often used alongside more general CAS tools in hybrid workflows.

### ソース

- <https://api.github.com/repos/form-dev/form/releases?per_page=10>
- <https://github.com/form-dev/form>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/form-dev/form/master/AUTHORS>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/form-dev/form/master/README.md>
- <https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/aboutform/aboutform.html>
- <https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/maindir/documentation/documentation.html>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## ソースデータベース詳細

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** form
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - form - 4.3.1+git20250227+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: form from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- Debian apt - form-doc - 4.3.1+git20250227+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: form-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- Nix - form: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/form/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - form - 4.3.0+git20230104+ds-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: form from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- Ubuntu apt - form-doc - 4.3.0+git20230104+ds-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: form-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- zypper - form - 5.0.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: form from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A Symbolic Manipulation System | https://github.com/form-dev/form/
- zypper - form-doc - 5.0.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: form-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Additional documentation for form - A Symbolic Manipulation System | https://github.com/form-dev/form/


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- [zstd](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ginac](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/ginac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science, symbolic-computation.
- [fricas](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/fricas/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science, symbolic-computation.
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- [wxmaxima](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/wxmaxima/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/form.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/form.yml)


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- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- 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