# Install genometools with Homebrew, apt Versatile open source genome analysis software. Version 1.6.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:genometools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install genometools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install genometools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: genometools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:genometools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.6 - **Source summary:** Versatile open source genome analysis software - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** ISC - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - genometools-config (cli) - genometools-config (alias) ## Dependencies - cairo - gettext - glib - harfbuzz - pango - tre ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - python@3.14 ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 - expat - sqlite ## 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: 1.6.6 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/genometools/genometools - Upstream latest detected: v1.6.6 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage GenomeTools is an open source genome informatics system centered on a single gt command and the libgenometools C library. It collects command-line tools, APIs, and published bioinformatics components for structured genome annotations, sequence analysis, annotation visualization, and related workflows. ### Project history The project archive shows public source tarballs beginning with the 0.6.x series in 2007 and a 1.0.0 release later that year. The official overview describes the system as a collection of bioinformatics tools combined into one binary and based on libgenometools, with development credited to Gordon Gremme, Sascha Steinbiss, Stefan Kurtz, and contributors at the University of Hamburg's Genome Informatics group. The 2013 GenomeTools publication framed the project as a comprehensive software library for efficient processing of structured genome annotations. Around that core, the official site lists separately published components such as LTRharvest, Tallymer, AnnotationSketch, LTRdigest, GtEncseq, Readjoiner, and related tools built on the same library. ### Adoption history GenomeTools gained significance through bioinformatics publications and through its packaging as a reusable command-line suite rather than a single-purpose script. Its official site points to manuals, manpage-style tool documentation, a C API, Lua-based gtscript documentation, and a GFF3 validator, which made it useful both for end users and developers building genome-annotation workflows. ### How it is used Practitioners use GenomeTools for tasks such as validating and processing GFF3, drawing genome annotations, finding LTR retrotransposons, counting or indexing sequence features, assembling reads, and scripting analyses around the gt command. Developers can use libgenometools and the documented C API when command-line composition is not enough. ### Why package nerds care GenomeTools is a good example of scientific software that package managers preserve because reproducible research workflows depend on exact command-line behavior, compiled C libraries, and long-lived manual pages. ### Timeline - 2007: the project archive listed the 0.6.x series and 1.0.0 tarballs. - 2008: the official site listed published GenomeTools components including LTRharvest and Tallymer. - 2013: the GenomeTools software-library paper appeared in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. - 2021: the project archive listed the 1.6.2 tarball. ### Related projects - Related GenomeTools components and adjacent projects include libgenometools, gt, AnnotationSketch, LTRharvest, LTRdigest, Tallymer, GtEncseq, Readjoiner, GenomeThreader, and GFF3 validation tooling. ### 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:** genometools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** gastown, libslax - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - genometools - 1.6.5+ds-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: genometools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | versatile genome analysis toolkit | http://genometools.org - Debian apt - genometools-common - 1.6.5+ds-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: genometools-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | shared data files for GenomeTools | http://genometools.org - Debian apt - genometools-doc - 1.6.5+ds-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: genometools-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation for GenomeTools | http://genometools.org - Debian apt - libgenometools0-dev - 1.6.5+ds-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgenometools0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | development files for GenomeTools | http://genometools.org - Debian apt - libgenometools0t64 - 1.6.5+ds-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgenometools0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | versatile genome analysis library | http://genometools.org - Debian apt - python3-genometools - 1.6.5+ds-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-genometools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Python3 bindings for genometools | http://genometools.org - Ubuntu apt - genometools - 1.6.5+ds-2.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: genometools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | versatile genome analysis toolkit | http://genometools.org - Ubuntu apt - genometools-common - 1.6.5+ds-2.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: genometools-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | shared data files for GenomeTools | http://genometools.org - Ubuntu apt - genometools-doc - 1.6.5+ds-2.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: genometools-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for GenomeTools | http://genometools.org - Ubuntu apt - libgenometools0-dev - 1.6.5+ds-2.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgenometools0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | development files for GenomeTools | http://genometools.org - Ubuntu apt - libgenometools0t64 - 1.6.5+ds-2.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgenometools0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | versatile genome analysis library | http://genometools.org - Ubuntu apt - python3-genometools - 1.6.5+ds-2.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-genometools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python3 bindings for genometools | http://genometools.org ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Scientific computing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/scientific-computing-tools/) - Matched scientific computing metadata. - 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