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Install gerbv with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Gerber (RS-274X) viewer. Version 2.11.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gerbv

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gerbv

MacPorts ports tree · cad/gerbv/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gerbv

Debian stable package indexes · gerbv · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gerbv

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gerbv · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gerbv

nixpkgs package indexes · gerbv · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gerbv

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

overview

Package summary

Gerber (RS-274X) viewer

Commands and aliases

  • gerbv

history

Project history and usage

Gerbv is a free/open-source viewer for Gerber RS-274X PCB artwork files, Excellon drill files, and CSV pick-and-place files. It also provides libgerbv, a library for parsing, editing, rendering, and exporting Gerber data in other programs.

Project history

Gerbv was originally developed as part of the gEDA Project, an umbrella effort for free electronic-design software. Its README identifies the project as one of the utilities affiliated with gEDA and lists early copyright years of 2001 and 2002 for Stefan Petersen and other original authors.

A later GitHub organization describes itself as a friendly maintained fork created after SourceForge development stalled with patches accumulating in trackers and mailing lists. That fork focuses mainly on bug fixes while preserving communication paths with the original gerbv and gEDA mailing lists.

Adoption history

Gerbv became useful in the open hardware and EDA ecosystem because Gerber and Excellon files are common manufacturing handoff formats for printed circuit boards. Its availability across Unix-like package managers made it a convenient inspection tool for designers and build pipelines.

How it is used

Practitioners use Gerbv to open PCB fabrication outputs, inspect layers, drill files, and pick-and-place data, and render or export views for review. Developers use libgerbv when they need Gerber parsing, rendering, or export behavior inside another application.

Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, Gerbv is a compact EDA utility that solves a concrete manufacturing-file inspection problem without pulling in a full PCB design suite. Its library split also matters to distro maintainers because applications can depend on libgerbv for Gerber handling.

Timeline

  • 2001-2002: Early Gerbv copyright years are listed for Stefan Petersen and original authors.
  • gEDA era: Gerbv was developed as one of the gEDA Project utilities.
  • 2021: The maintained GitHub fork repository was opened.

Related projects

  • gEDA, libgerbv, Gerber RS-274X, Excellon

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.
  • Installs with 8 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
gerbvcliglobal 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 version2.11.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.11.1

https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gerbv
Version2.11.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gerbv
Homepagehttps://gerbv.github.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/gerbv/gerbv
Upstream docshttps://gerbv.github.io/
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/archive/refs/tags/v2.11.1.tar.gz
Dependenciesat-spi2-core, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gtk+, harfbuzz, pango
Build dependenciescmake, gettext, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegerbv
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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.

Debian apt95%

gerbv 2.10.0-1+b1

Gerber file viewer (only RS 274 X format)

https://gerbv.github.io/

sudo apt install gerbv
  • Section: electronics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 7 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gerbv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gerbv

nix profile install nixpkgs#gerbv
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: gerbv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

gerbv 2.10.0-1build2

Gerber file viewer (only RS 274 X format)

https://gerbv.github.io/

sudo apt install gerbv
  • Section: universe/electronics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 7 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gerbv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

gerbv 2.13.0-1.fc45

Gerber file viewer from the gEDA toolkit

https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv

sudo dnf install gerbv
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 13 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gerbv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gerbv-devel 2.13.0-1.fc45

Header files, libraries and development documentation for gerbv

https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv

sudo dnf install gerbv-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gerbv-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gerbv-doc 2.13.0-1.fc45

Documentation for gerbv

https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv

sudo dnf install gerbv-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gerbv-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gerbv 2.13.0-1.1

Gerber File Viewer that supports the RS-274X Standard

http://gerbv.geda-project.org/

sudo zypper install gerbv
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Productivity/Scientific/Electronics
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 10 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gerbv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

gerbv-devel 2.13.0-1.1

Gerber File Viewer that supports the RS-274X Standard

http://gerbv.geda-project.org/

sudo zypper install gerbv-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 5 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gerbv-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libgerbv1 2.13.0-1.1

Gerber File Viewer library

http://gerbv.geda-project.org/

sudo zypper install libgerbv1
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gerbv
  • 9 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libgerbv1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gerbv

sudo port install gerbv
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gerbv
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: cad/gerbv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Related tools

  • cairoRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gdk-pixbufRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gettextRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • glibRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gtk+Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • harfbuzzRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pangoRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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source trail

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

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