# Install pachi with Homebrew, apt, dnf

Software for the Board Game of Go/Weiqi/Baduk. Version 12.90 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pachi
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pachi
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pachi
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pachi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install pachi
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pachi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pachi
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pachi>
- **Version:** 12.90
- **Source summary:** Software for the Board Game of Go/Weiqi/Baduk
- **Homepage:** <https://pachi.or.cz/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pasky/pachi>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/pasky/pachi#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only AND BSD-2-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/pasky/pachi/archive/refs/tags/pachi-12.90-homebrew.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:38:00+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- pachi (cli)
- pachi (alias)

## Dependencies

- boost
- gflags
- glog
- hdf5
- katago
- openblas
- protobuf

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- ninja
- wget

## 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: 12.90
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/pasky/pachi
- Upstream latest detected: pachi-12.90-homebrew (current)

## 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:** pachi
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pachi - 1:1.0-15: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pachi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Platform game featuring Pachi el marciano | http://dragontech.sourceforge.net/
- Debian apt - pachi-data - 1:1.0-15: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pachi-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Platform game featuring Pachi el marciano (data files) | http://dragontech.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - pachi - 1:1.0-10: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pachi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Platform game featuring Pachi el marciano | http://dragontech.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - pachi-data - 1:1.0-10: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pachi-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Platform game featuring Pachi el marciano (data files) | http://dragontech.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - pachi - 1.0-44.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: pachi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Pachi El Marciano - Platform Game | http://dragontech.sourceforge.net/index.php?main=pachi&lang=en


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pachi.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/pachi.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
