# Install gpcslots2 with Homebrew

Casino text-console game. Version 0.4.5b via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gpcslots2
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gpcslots2
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gpcslots2
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gpcslots2>
- **Version:** 0.4.5b
- **Source summary:** Casino text-console game
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/gpcslots2/code>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gpcslots2/gpcslots2_0-4-5b>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- gpcslots2 (cli)
- gpcslots2 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.4.5b
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

gpcslots2 is a small Perl console casino game hosted on SourceForge, packaged for Homebrew as a niche text-mode game rather than as a broadly adopted developer or system tool.

### Project history

The SourceForge project page describes gpcslots2 as a free and open source casino text-console game, credited to mikeeusa2 and noekalin. Its file area shows the gpcslots2_0-4-5b archive dated 2012-08-26, while the project page lists the same registration date.

### Adoption history

Adoption appears narrow. The official SourceForge page reports the project in the Console Games category and shows very low weekly download activity in the browsed project metadata, so its package-manager presence is mostly useful for preserving availability of a small terminal game.

### How it is used

The official project description lists slot machines, roulette variants, dice games, a bank, a stock market, Sic Bo, and casino play. Homebrew exposes it as the `gpcslots2` executable.

### Why package nerds care

For package collectors, gpcslots2 is an example of the long tail that Homebrew and SourceForge make installable: a single-purpose console game with little configuration surface and a small upstream footprint.

### Timeline

- 2012-08-26: SourceForge project registration and gpcslots2_0-4-5b file timestamp.
- 2019-04-03: SourceForge file area records a notes entry.
- 2020-12-17: SourceForge project metadata records a later project update and signing entry.

### Related projects

- Related package-manager context includes other terminal and console games, especially small casino, dice, and roulette games distributed as scripts or simple native executables.

### Sources

- <https://sourceforge.net/p/gpcslots2/code>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/files/>


## 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:** gpcslots2
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


## Related links

- [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.
- [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata.
- [nbsdgames](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nbsdgames/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, games, terminal, terminal-games.
- [avanor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avanor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [brogue](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brogue/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [myman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/myman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [netris](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netris/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [pacvim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pacvim/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [rpg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rpg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [trader](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/trader/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, game, games, terminal.
- [rogue](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rogue/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, game, games.
- [ninvaders](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninvaders/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, game, games, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gpcslots2.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gpcslots2.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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
