# Install adios2 with Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman, zypper Next generation of ADIOS developed in the Exascale Computing Program. Version 2.12.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:adios2 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install adios2 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install adios2-data ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: adios2-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#adios2 ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ad/adios2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S adios2 ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: adios2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install adios2-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: adios2-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:adios2 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.12.1 - **Source summary:** Next generation of ADIOS developed in the Exascale Computing Program - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:41-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - adios2-config (cli) - adios2_deactivate_bp (cli) - adios2_iotest (cli) - adios2_json_pp (cli) - adios2_remote_server (cli) - adios2_reorganize (cli) - adios2_reorganize_mpi (cli) - bp4dbg (cli) - bp5dbg (cli) - bpls (cli) - sst_conn_tool (cli) - adios2-config (alias) - adios2_deactivate_bp (alias) - adios2_iotest (alias) - adios2_json_pp (alias) - adios2_remote_server (alias) - adios2_reorganize (alias) - adios2_reorganize_mpi (alias) - bp4dbg (alias) - bp5dbg (alias) - bpls (alias) - sst_conn_tool (alias) ## Dependencies - c-blosc2 - gcc - libfabric - libpng - libsodium - lz4 - mpi4py - nanobind - numpy - open-mpi - openssl@3 - pugixml - python@3.14 - sqlite - yaml-cpp - zeromq - zstd ## Build dependencies - cmake - nlohmann-json - pybind11 ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.12.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Upstream latest detected: v2.12.1 (current) ## Project history and usage ADIOS2 is the second-generation Adaptable Input Output System: a high-performance scientific data I/O framework funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Exascale Computing Project. It is designed for parallel, streaming-oriented, self-describing data movement at supercomputer scale. ### Project history The ADIOS2 documentation describes it as the latest implementation of ADIOS and explicitly positions it as a new architecture that continues the performance legacy of ADIOS1. The GitHub repository was created in December 2016 under the ornladios organization, and the repository description calls it the next generation of ADIOS developed in the Exascale Computing Program. The project is a multi-institutional collaboration involving Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Kitware, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Rutgers University. The docs emphasize modular C++17 architecture, sustainability through CI and unit testing, and language support for C++, C, Python, Fortran, and Matlab. ADIOS2's architecture abstracts data variables and attributes across files, wide-area networks, in-memory staging, and other transports. Its docs distinguish it from a file-only I/O library: file-system performance is a primary goal, but code coupling and in situ analysis through special engines are core design points. ### Adoption history The official documentation says ADIOS2 is used in supercomputer applications that write and read up to several petabytes in a single simulation run. It also documents use on DOE machines such as NERSC Perlmutter, OLCF Frontier, and ALCF Aurora. The package ecosystem reflects that HPC role: the supplied metadata shows Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu data packages, Nix, Arch/pacman, and openSUSE zypper packaging. The docs also describe package installation through Conda, PyPI, Spack, and Docker, and state a commitment to releasing a new version every six months. ### How it is used Developers use ADIOS2 as a library from C++, C, Fortran, Python, and Matlab, commonly through MPI-capable applications. The docs describe variables, attributes, engines, operators, high-level and full APIs, Python APIs, and command-line ecosystem utilities such as bpls and data reorganization tools. Package builds are CMake-centered and feature-sensitive. The setup docs show toggles for MPI, Fortran, Python, SST, DataMan, compression operators, profiling, and other backends, which explains why distro packages often split runtime, development, bindings, and data utilities. ### Why package nerds care ADIOS2 is interesting to package nerds because it sits at the junction of HPC ABI management, optional transport/compression dependencies, Python wheels, MPI variants, and CLI utilities. A formula or distro package is not just installing one binary; it is selecting a matrix of engines, bindings, and data formats that scientific applications depend on. It is also a good example of modern scientific infrastructure becoming ordinary package-manager material: the same project appears in source builds, Spack environments, Python packaging, Conda, system packages, and Homebrew. ### Timeline - 2016-12: GitHub repository created. - 2020s: ADIOS2 documentation describes ECP funding, ADIOS1 succession, and multi-institutional development. - Current docs: ADIOS2 states a six-month release cadence and documents v2.12-era features. ### Related projects - ADIOS1 is the predecessor explicitly referenced by the docs. - HDF5 integration is documented through VOL support. - Spack, Conda, PyPI, and Docker are documented installation channels. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** adios2 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - adios2-data - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: adios2-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - tool data | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - adios2-mpi-bin - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: adios2-mpi-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - binary tools (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - adios2-scripts - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: adios2-scripts from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - scripts | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - adios2-serial-bin - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: adios2-serial-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - binary tools (serial) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-common-c++11-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-common-c++11-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - C++11 binding include files (common) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-common-c-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-common-c-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - C binding include files (common) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-common-core-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-common-core-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - core include files (common) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-2.10 - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-2.10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - auxiliary libraries (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-auxiliary-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - auxiliary development files (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-c++11-2.10 - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-c++11-2.10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - C++11 binding libraries (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-c++11-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-c++11-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - C++11 binding development files (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-c-2.10 - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-c-2.10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - C binding libraries (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-c-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-c-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - C binding development files (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-core-2.10 - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-core-2.10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - core libraries (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-core-dev - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-core-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Adaptable IO system for simulations - core development files (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 - Debian apt - libadios2-mpi-fortran-2.10 - 2.10.2+dfsg1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libadios2-mpi-fortran-2.10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | ADIOS2 Adaptable IO system for simulations - Fortran binding libraries (MPI) | https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [gcc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcc/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - 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