# Install ossp-uuid with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, zypper, apt, dnf ISO-C API and CLI for generating UUIDs. Version 1.6.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libossp-uuid-dev. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ossp-uuid ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ossp-uuid ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ossp-uuid ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/ossp-uuid/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add ossp-uuid ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ossp-uuid from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ossp-uuid ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ossp-uuid from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libossp-uuid-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libossp-uuid-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install uuid ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: uuid from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ossp-uuid - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.2 - **Source summary:** ISO-C API and CLI for generating UUIDs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-1-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T09:50:50+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - uuid (cli) - uuid-config (cli) - uuid (alias) - uuid-config (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 1.6.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-11 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage OSSP uuid is an ISO C API and command-line interface for generating, importing, exporting, and inspecting UUIDs in the DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578, and RFC 4122 tradition. ### Project history The OSSP uuid manual gives a clear origin: Ralf S. Engelschall implemented it in January 2004 for UUID use in the OSSP as and OpenPKG projects. The stated design goal was a clean-room implementation that was standards-compliant and portable. Version 1.6.2, dated July 4, 2008 in the manual and README copies, represents the mature packaged form. The library supports UUID versions 1, 3, 4, and 5, plus C++, Perl, and PHP bindings and compatibility layers for DCE-1.1 and Perl Data::UUID APIs. ### Adoption history OSSP uuid spread through Unix packaging as a small system library and CLI rather than through a high-activity public repository. It appears in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu development packages, Alpine, Fedora-family packages, MacPorts, and openSUSE-family packages because many older C and scripting-language projects needed a portable UUID implementation before UUID generation became ubiquitous in standard runtimes and platform libraries. ### How it is used Developers use the `uuid` CLI or the C API to generate time-based, random, or name-based UUIDs, parse binary and string forms, compare UUIDs, load namespace UUIDs, and export UUIDs as binary, canonical text, single-integer, or descriptive text formats. The library is most relevant when maintaining C-era software, package build scripts, or software that explicitly depends on OSSP's API and ABI rather than a newer platform-native UUID facility. ### Why package nerds care ossp-uuid is a useful package-history fossil: a portable standards implementation from the OpenPKG/OSSP world that remains packaged because ABI compatibility and old build systems outlive the excitement around the underlying primitive. ### Timeline - January 2004: Ralf S. Engelschall implemented OSSP uuid for OSSP as and OpenPKG. July 2005: RFC 4122 standardized the UUID URN namespace that OSSP uuid targets. July 4, 2008: OSSP uuid 1.6.2 was released according to the manual. ### Related projects - Data::UUID, platform uuidgen tools, libc/libuuid implementations, and later RFC 9562 UUID tooling occupy the same identifier-generation space. ### 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:** ossp-uuid - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libossp-uuid-dev - 1.6.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libossp-uuid-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OSSP uuid ISO-C and C++ - headers and static libraries | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Debian apt - libossp-uuid-perl - 1.6.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libossp-uuid-perl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | perl OSSP::UUID - OSSP uuid Perl Binding | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Debian apt - libossp-uuid16 - 1.6.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libossp-uuid16 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OSSP uuid ISO-C and C++ - shared library | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Debian apt - uuid - 1.6.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: uuid from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Ubuntu apt - libossp-uuid-dev - 1.6.2-1.5build13: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libossp-uuid-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | OSSP uuid ISO-C and C++ - headers and static libraries | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Ubuntu apt - libossp-uuid-perl - 1.6.2-1.5build13: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libossp-uuid-perl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | perl OSSP::UUID - OSSP uuid Perl Binding | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Ubuntu apt - libossp-uuid16 - 1.6.2-1.5build13: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libossp-uuid16 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | OSSP uuid ISO-C and C++ - shared library | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - Ubuntu apt - uuid - 1.6.2-1.5build13: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: uuid from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - apk - ossp-uuid - 1.6.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ossp-uuid from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Software Project Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) | https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp-uuid - apk - ossp-uuid-dev - 1.6.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ossp-uuid-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Software Project Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) (development files) | https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp-uuid - apk - ossp-uuid-doc - 1.6.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ossp-uuid-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Software Project Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) (documentation) | https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp-uuid - apk - ossp-uuid-libs - 1.6.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ossp-uuid-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Software Project Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) (libraries) | https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp-uuid - apk - ossp-uuid-static - 1.6.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ossp-uuid-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open Source Software Project Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) (static library) | https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/ossp-uuid - zypper - ossp-uuid - 1.6.2-20.10: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ossp-uuid from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | OSSP's Universally Unique Identifier generator | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ - MacPorts - ossp-uuid: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/ossp-uuid/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - uuid - 1.6.2-68.fc44: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: uuid from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Universally Unique Identifier library | http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/ ## Related links - 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Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, uuid, uuids. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ossp-uuid.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ossp-uuid.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