install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install acpica

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install acpica

MacPorts ports tree · devel/acpica/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add acpica

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · acpica · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S acpica

Arch Linux sync databases · acpica · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install acpica

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · acpica · source: download.opensuse.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install acpica-tools

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · acpica-tools · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install iasl

Chocolatey community package catalog · iasl · source: community.chocolatey.org

overview

Package summary

OS-independent implementation of the ACPI specification

Project links

Commands and aliases

acpibin
acpidump
acpiexamples
acpiexec
acpihelp
acpisrc
acpixtract
iasl

history

Project history and usage

ACPICA is the ACPI Component Architecture project, an open-source, operating-system-independent implementation of the ACPI specification. It includes kernel-resident ACPI components and user-space utilities such as iASL, acpidump, acpiexec, acpixtract, and related tools.

Project history

Intel's official ACPICA overview describes ACPICA as a reference implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification, written in ANSI C for portability across 32-bit and 64-bit operating-system environments. The same overview says ACPICA contains both kernel-mode and user-mode components.

The official download page says ACPICA is maintained in Git, with commits made as individual fixes and features are completed, and provides source packages, makefiles, utilities, and release logs. The GitHub repository was created in 2011 and mirrors the source tree with documents, source, tests, and release tags.

Adoption history

ACPICA has an unusually direct path from upstream package to operating-system internals. Intel's overview says ACPICA updates for Linux are provided periodically in patch form and that the code is converted and integrated into the Linux kernel source. The input package-manager facts show the user-space tools packaged across Homebrew, Alpine, Chocolatey, DNF, MacPorts, Arch, and openSUSE.

How it is used

Package users most often encounter ACPICA through command-line utilities: iASL compiles and disassembles ACPI Source Language and AML, acpidump obtains ACPI tables, acpixtract extracts tables, and acpiexec helps exercise AML execution. The GitHub source tree's compiler help documents iASL options for compiling, disassembling, generating listings, and creating table templates.

Why package nerds care

ACPICA matters to package nerds because it sits at the boundary between firmware specifications, kernel enablement, and user-space diagnostics. Packaging it gives developers and distro maintainers reproducible tools for inspecting, compiling, and debugging ACPI tables without depending on a full kernel tree.

Timeline

2011-08-08: GitHub repository created.
2015-06-16: GitHub tag R061615 appears in the repository tag list.
2021: Intel overview references ACPICA version 20210331 in documentation text.
2024-12-12: ACPICA release R2024_12_12 published on GitHub.
2026-04-08: ACPICA Release version 20260408 published.

Related projects

Related projects include the ACPI specification, Linux ACPI subsystem work, firmware/BIOS development workflows, iASL, acpidump, acpiexec, and ACPI table debugging tools.

Sources

Intel overview, download and documentation pages, GitHub repository/release metadata, and source_facts.package-manager.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`acpibin`	cli	global executable
`acpidump`	cli	global executable
`acpiexamples`	cli	global executable
`acpiexec`	cli	global executable
`acpihelp`	cli	global executable
`acpisrc`	cli	global executable
`acpixtract`	cli	global executable
`iasl`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version20260408

manager updated2026-05-26

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/acpica/acpica

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/acpica/acpicanone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:acpica
Version	20260408
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/acpica
Homepage	https://github.com/acpica/acpica
Repository	https://github.com/acpica/acpica
Upstream docs	https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/topic-technology/open/acpica/documentation.html
License	Intel-ACPI OR GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/acpica/acpica/releases/download/20260408/acpica-unix2-20260408.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-05-26T23:37:47-04:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	acpica
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

apk95%

acpica 20250807-r0

ACPI Component Architecture utilities

https://www.acpica.org

sudo apk add acpica

License: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause OR Intel-ACPI
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: acpica
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Acpica

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: acpica from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

iasl 20250807-r0

ACPI ASL compiler

https://www.acpica.org

sudo apk add iasl

License: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-3-Clause OR Intel-ACPI
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: acpica
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Acpica

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iasl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

acpica 20251212-1

ACPI tools, including Intel ACPI Source Language compiler

https://acpica.org

sudo pacman -S acpica

License: GPL-2.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Acpica

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

zypper95%

acpica 20260408-2.2

A set of tools to display and debug BIOS ACPI tables

https://acpica.org

sudo zypper install acpica

License: GPL-2.0-only
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: acpica
3 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Acpica

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

MacPorts95%

acpica

sudo port install acpica

normalized package name match
Matched by: Acpica

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/acpica/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

dnf92%

acpica-tools 20260408-1.fc45

ACPICA tools for the development and debug of ACPI tables

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/topic-technology/open/acpica/overview.html

sudo dnf install acpica-tools

License: GPL-2.0-only
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: acpica-tools
3 dependencies
5 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Acpidump

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: acpica-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

Chocolatey92%

iasl

choco install iasl

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Iasl

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: iasl from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','hexchat'

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/acpica.yml

Used sources

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

Install acpica with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, pacman, zypper, dnf, chocolatey