# vimpager を Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman でインストール

vimpager 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:vimpager
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vimpager
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install vimpager
```

  証拠: 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
```

  証拠: 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
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:vimpager
- **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/vimpager>
- **バージョン:** 2.06
- **ソース概要:** Use ViM as PAGER
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager>
- **上流ドキュメント:** <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager#readme>
- **ライセンス:** BSD-2-Clause
- **ソースアーカイブ:** <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager/archive/refs/tags/2.06.tar.gz>
- **生成日時:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- vimcat (cli)
- vimpager (cli)
- vimcat (エイリアス)
- vimpager (エイリアス)

## ビルド依存関係

- pandoc

## インストール挙動

- post-install フック: 未定義
- 注意点: To use vimpager as your default pager, add `export PAGER=vimpager` to your shell configuration.
- Bottle: 利用可能 対象 arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-07-08
- マネージャ版: 2.06
- ローカルデータ: OK
- 上流リポジトリ: https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager
- 検出された最新: 2.06 (最新)
- 情報: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

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.

### プロジェクトの歴史

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.

### 採用の歴史

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.

### 使われ方

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.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

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.

### ソース

- <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager>
- <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager/blob/master/markdown/vimcat.md>
- <https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager/blob/master/vimpager>
- <https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723>


## 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


## 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
## ソースデータベース詳細

- **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:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- 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


## 関連リンク

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db.
- [pandoc](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/pandoc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [eless](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/eless/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal.
- [nvimpager](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/nvimpager/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal.
- [page](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/page/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal.
- [byobu](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/byobu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [cbonsai](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/cbonsai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [sc-im](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/sc-im/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [sheets](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/sheets/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [smug](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/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)


## ソース

- 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