# Install ivtools with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix X11 vector graphic servers. Version 2.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-11. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ivtools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ivtools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ivtools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/ivtools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ivtools-bin ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ivtools-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dclock ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dc/dclock/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ivtools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.1.1 - **Source summary:** X11 vector graphic servers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-11T11:37:53Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - comdraw (cli) - comterp (cli) - comterp_run (cli) - comtest (cli) - csvfilt (cli) - dclock (cli) - drawserv (cli) - drawtool (cli) - flipbook (cli) - gclock (cli) - glyphterp (cli) - graphdraw (cli) - iclass (cli) - idemo (cli) - idraw (cli) - ivgetjpg (cli) - ivtext (cli) - ivtiftopnm (cli) - stdcmapppm (cli) - comdraw (alias) - comterp (alias) - comterp_run (alias) - comtest (alias) - csvfilt (alias) - dclock (alias) - drawserv (alias) - drawtool (alias) - flipbook (alias) - gclock (alias) - glyphterp (alias) - graphdraw (alias) - iclass (alias) - idemo (alias) - idraw (alias) - ivgetjpg (alias) - ivtext (alias) - ivtiftopnm (alias) - stdcmapppm (alias) ## Dependencies - ace - libx11 - libxext ## 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: 2.1.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-11 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/vectaport/ivtools - Upstream latest detected: ivtools-2.1.1 (current) ## Project history and usage ivtools is an X11-era suite of vector-graphics frameworks, drawing editors, spatial-data tools, and command-interpreter components. It preserves and extends the InterViews and Unidraw lineage for custom drawing editors and graphical servers. ### Project history The project README describes ivtools as a layered collection for building custom drawing editors and spatial data servers. Its base includes backward-compatible copies of the original InterViews and Unidraw libraries and sample programs, then adds glyph, graph, frame, command-interpreter, and drawing-server layers. The maintained repository continued tagging 2.x releases long after the original InterViews generation. The GitHub tag list includes ivtools-2.0.x tags, a 2.1 line, and an ivtools-2.1.1 tag in 2024. ### Adoption history ivtools is obscure compared with mainstream vector editors, but it has survived through source packages and Unix package managers. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Nix coverage, which is typical for old X11 development tools with a small technical audience. ### How it is used The executables include idraw, drawtool, graphdraw, flipbook, comdraw, comterp, drawserv, glyphterp, and conversion utilities. That mix makes the package both an application bundle and a development toolkit for InterViews/Unidraw-style graphical programs. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, ivtools is interesting because it keeps a strand of pre-GTK, pre-Qt Unix GUI history buildable: InterViews, Unidraw, idraw-like editors, and X11 vector tooling in one package. Its long tail in ports trees is mostly about preserving that ecosystem. ### Timeline - 1990s: ivtools inherited InterViews 3.1 and Unidraw-era code and examples. - 2020: The upstream/2.0.0a1 tag appears in the GitHub tag history. - 2024: ivtools-2.1.1 was tagged. ### Related projects - Related projects and technologies include InterViews, Unidraw, idraw, X11, Cygwin, SourceForge-hosted distribution history, and the vectaport-maintained ivtools repository. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ivtools. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ivtools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 5 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - ivtools-bin - 2.0.11d.a1-3+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ivtools-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Drawing Editors evolved from idraw | http://www.ivtools.org - Debian apt - ivtools-dev - 2.0.11d.a1-3+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ivtools-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for the InterViews library | http://www.ivtools.org - Debian apt - libiv-unidraw2t64 - 2.0.11d.a1-3+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiv-unidraw2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Application Frameworks layered on Unidraw | http://www.ivtools.org - Debian apt - libiv2t64 - 2.0.11d.a1-3+b4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiv2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ GUI library with Motif Look and Feel | http://www.ivtools.org - Ubuntu apt - ivtools-bin - 2.0.11d.a1-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ivtools-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Drawing Editors evolved from idraw | http://www.ivtools.org - Ubuntu apt - ivtools-dev - 2.0.11d.a1-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ivtools-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for the InterViews library | http://www.ivtools.org - Ubuntu apt - libiv-unidraw2t64 - 2.0.11d.a1-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiv-unidraw2t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Application Frameworks layered on Unidraw | http://www.ivtools.org - Ubuntu apt - libiv2t64 - 2.0.11d.a1-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiv2t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ GUI library with Motif Look and Feel | http://www.ivtools.org - MacPorts - ivtools: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/ivtools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - dclock - 2.2.2-15: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: dclock from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Digital clock for the X Window System with flexible display | http://opencircuitdesign.com/~tim/programs/dclock/index.html - Nix - dclock: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dc/dclock/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dclock - 2.2.2-14build2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dclock from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Digital clock for the X Window System with flexible display | http://opencircuitdesign.com/~tim/programs/dclock/index.html ## Related links - 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