# Install geomview with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, chocolatey Interactive 3D viewing program. Version 1.9.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:geomview ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install geomview ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install geomview ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: science/geomview/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install geomview ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: geomview from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install geomview ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geomview from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install bdy ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: bdy from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.3136','buttercup' ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:geomview - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.9.5 - **Source summary:** Interactive 3D viewing program - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:31:19-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - anytooff (cli) - anytoucd (cli) - bdy (cli) - bez2mesh (cli) - geomview (cli) - math2oogl (cli) - offconsol (cli) - oogl2rib (cli) - oogl2vrml (cli) - oogl2vrml2 (cli) - polymerge (cli) - remotegv (cli) - togeomview (cli) - ucdtooff (cli) - vrml2oogl (cli) - anytooff (alias) - anytoucd (alias) - bdy (alias) - bez2mesh (alias) - geomview (alias) - math2oogl (alias) - offconsol (alias) - oogl2rib (alias) - oogl2vrml (alias) - oogl2vrml2 (alias) - polymerge (alias) - remotegv (alias) - togeomview (alias) - ucdtooff (alias) - vrml2oogl (alias) ## Dependencies - libice - libsm - libx11 - libxext - libxmu - libxt - mesa - mesa-glu - openmotif ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.9.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: http://www.geomview.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Geomview is an interactive 3D viewing program and geometry display engine rooted in the Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota. It displays and manipulates three-dimensional objects, reads several geometry formats, supports OOGL, and can operate either as a standalone viewer or as a display backend controlled by external programs. ### Project history The project began in the summer of 1988 at the University of Minnesota Geometry Center with Pat Hanrahan's MinneView viewer. Charlie Gunn soon developed OOGL in conjunction with MinneView, and in 1991 a team led by Mark Phillips, Stuart Levy, and Tamara Munzner developed the revised OOGL system and new viewer named Geomview. The manual describes Geomview as originally written by Geometry Center staff beginning in 1991. After the Geometry Center closed, the project continued as free software through original authors and contributors, with the web site describing volunteer maintenance and continued use. Development spent years on SourceForge CVS before migrating active development to GitHub. ### Adoption history Geomview's home page states that it has been used by thousands of people around the world. Its third-party page shows adoption across mathematical visualization, computational geometry, dynamical systems, finite-element visualization, crystallography, astronomy, and education, with tools such as Qhull, Surface Evolver, CGAL integrations, Polymake, DSTool, and Maniview using or supporting Geomview output. ### How it is used Practitioners use Geomview to inspect OFF, OOGL, mesh, vector, Bezier, and hierarchical geometry; to rotate, translate, zoom, pick, render, and export scenes; and to let external modules stream changing geometry into an interactive viewer. It also includes conversion and helper tools such as `anytooff`, `oogl2rib`, `math2oogl`, `togeomview`, and `ucdtooff`. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, Geomview is historically important because it packages a long-lived Unix scientific visualization tool with X11, OpenGL, Motif or OpenMotif, optional module dependencies, manual pages, converters, and legacy research workflows. It is a package-manager window into the older Geometry Center and OOGL ecosystem. ### Timeline - 1988: MinneView work began at the University of Minnesota Geometry Center. - 1991: The revised OOGL system and Geomview viewer were developed. - 2007: The version 1.9 manual documented Unix, Linux, and Cygwin support. - 2014: Geomview 1.9.5 source release was announced on the project download page. - GitHub migration: Active development moved from SourceForge CVS to GitHub. ### Related projects - Related projects and tools include OOGL, MinneView, Qhull, Surface Evolver, CGAL Geomview support, Polymake, Maniview, the Orrery, StageTools, SaVi, and Mathematica or Maple graphics-output bridges. ### 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:** geomview - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Conflicts With:** clip - **Requirements:** arch - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - geomview - 1.9.5-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: geomview from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interactive geometry viewing program | http://www.geomview.org/ - Debian apt - libgeomview-1.9.5t64 - 1.9.5-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgeomview-1.9.5t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | geomview library runtime | http://www.geomview.org/ - Debian apt - libgeomview-dev - 1.9.5-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgeomview-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | geomview library development package | http://www.geomview.org/ - Ubuntu apt - geomview - 1.9.5-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: geomview from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interactive geometry viewing program | http://www.geomview.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libgeomview-1.9.5t64 - 1.9.5-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgeomview-1.9.5t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | geomview library runtime | http://www.geomview.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libgeomview-dev - 1.9.5-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgeomview-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | geomview library development package | http://www.geomview.org/ - dnf - geomview - 1.9.5-35.20190630git1d6759e.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geomview from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Interactive 3D viewing program | http://www.geomview.org/ - dnf - geomview-devel - 1.9.5-35.20190630git1d6759e.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geomview-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for geomview | http://www.geomview.org/ - dnf - geomview-libs - 1.9.5-35.20190630git1d6759e.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: geomview-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Geomview runtime libraries | http://www.geomview.org/ - MacPorts - geomview: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: science/geomview/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - bdy: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: bdy from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.3136','buttercup' ## Related links - 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Shared terms: cli, libice, libsm, libx11, libxt. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/geomview.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/geomview.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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