# Install ctemplate with Homebrew, apt, pacman, zypper Template language for C++. Version 2.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ctemplate ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ctemplate ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libctemplate-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libctemplate-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S ctemplate ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ctemplate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libctemplate-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libctemplate-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ctemplate - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4 - **Source summary:** Template language for C++ - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-07T07:26:23+00:00 ## Executables - diff_tpl_auto_escape (cli) - make_tpl_varnames_h (cli) - template-converter (cli) - diff_tpl_auto_escape (alias) - make_tpl_varnames_h (alias) - template-converter (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-07 - Package-manager version: 2.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/OlafvdSpek/ctemplate - Upstream latest detected: ctemplate-2.4 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage ctemplate is a C++ template library with companion command-line tools for template conversion and generated variable-name headers. Its official changelog traces the project from a Google open-source release in 2006 through community-maintained 2.x releases. ### Project history The initial release was made by Google Inc. in March 2006 as a package implementing a simple but powerful template language for C++. Early releases added portability work, escaping modes, editor support, and threading/build variants. In the 2.0 release in January 2012, the project changed its official contact, rewrote documentation to refer to Ctemplate rather than Google Template, renamed Visual Studio files, and updated copyright text to reflect Google's relinquished ownership. Later releases under Olaf van der Spek focused on C++11 fixes, refactoring, and a Python 3 build-tool update. ### Adoption history The README positions ctemplate as portable C++ infrastructure, tested across Linux distributions, Solaris, FreeBSD, older OS X releases, and Windows Visual C++ versions. Homebrew and other package-manager metadata keep it available as a system C++ library rather than only as vendored source. ### How it is used Users link applications against either the threaded ctemplate library or the nothreads variant, and the package installs small helper executables such as make_tpl_varnames_h, template-converter, and diff_tpl_auto_escape. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, ctemplate is representative of older Google-era C++ infrastructure: Autotools, platform portability fixes, generated headers, optional thread linkage, and a long-lived ABI-style library package. ### Timeline - 2006: Initial Google Inc. release. - 2011: 1.0 release after the 0.x series. - 2012: 2.0 release renamed project surfaces from Google Template to Ctemplate and reflected Google's relinquished ownership. - 2020: 2.4 release switched build tooling to Python 3. ### Related projects - The project originated as Google Template/Ctemplate and remains a C++ templating library rather than a web framework or general text-preprocessor package. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ctemplate - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libctemplate-dev - 2.4-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libctemplate-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple but powerful template language for C++ - development files | https://github.com/olafvdspek/ctemplate - Debian apt - libctemplate3t64 - 2.4-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libctemplate3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple but powerful template language for C++ | https://github.com/olafvdspek/ctemplate - Ubuntu apt - libctemplate-dev - 2.4-3.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libctemplate-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple but powerful template language for C++ - development files | https://github.com/olafvdspek/ctemplate - Ubuntu apt - libctemplate3t64 - 2.4-3.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libctemplate3t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple but powerful template language for C++ | https://github.com/olafvdspek/ctemplate - pacman - ctemplate - 2.4-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ctemplate from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A library implementing a simple but powerful template language for C++ | https://github.com/olafvdspek/ctemplate - zypper - libctemplate-devel - 2.4-1.17: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libctemplate-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ctemplate, a C++ language templating library | https://github.com/OlafvdSpek/ctemplate - zypper - libctemplate3 - 2.4-1.17: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libctemplate3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Library for a C++ template languaging | https://github.com/OlafvdSpek/ctemplate ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - 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