# Install teem with Homebrew, apt, dnf, winget Libraries for scientific raster data. Version 1.11.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:teem ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install teem ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libteem-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libteem-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install teem ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: teem from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id lkurcak.tend -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: lkurcak.tend from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:teem - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.11.0 - **Source summary:** Libraries for scientific raster data - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - gprobe (cli) - ilk (cli) - miter (cli) - mrender (cli) - nrrdSanity (cli) - overrgb (cli) - puller (cli) - tend (cli) - unu (cli) - vprobe (cli) - gprobe (alias) - ilk (alias) - miter (alias) - mrender (alias) - nrrdSanity (alias) - overrgb (alias) - puller (alias) - tend (alias) - unu (alias) - vprobe (alias) ## Dependencies - libpng ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 1.11.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://teem.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Teem is a long-running C library and command-line toolkit for scientific raster data, image processing, volume visualization, NRRD files, and diffusion tensor work. In package-manager culture it is one of those research-software packages whose command-line utilities matter as much as the libraries. ### Project history The SourceForge project was registered in July 2003, while the documentation copyright notices point back to University of Utah work from 2000 onward. The official site describes Teem as Gordon Kindlmann's research software and as a coordinated group of libraries for representing, processing, and visualizing scientific raster data. Teem's site emphasizes its library family: Nrrd and the `unu` tool for N-dimensional raster operations, Gage for point measurements in volumes, Mite for volume rendering, and Ten for diffusion tensor fields. The release archive documents 1.x releases through 1.11.0 in 2012, while the download page notes a later move from Subversion to Git while preparing a version 2 release. ### Adoption history Teem was adopted in visualization and medical/scientific imaging contexts because it made simple command-line and file-stream operations available without forcing users to write C code for every data transformation. The official site says Teem became a component of larger research software projects, including SCIRun and 3D Slicer. For package maintainers, Teem's adoption pattern is classic research infrastructure: a stable C codebase, many small executables, and libraries that other scientific packages can link against. It appears in package managers because downstream users need reproducible builds of `unu`, `tend`, `gprobe`, `mrender`, and the underlying headers and libraries. ### How it is used Typical usage involves command-line processing of N-dimensional raster data: resampling, cropping, slicing, projecting, making histograms, sanity-checking NRRD support, probing volumes, rendering, and working with tensor fields. The official build page emphasizes CMake as the best way to build Teem and produce binaries such as `unu` and the `Teem::Teem` package for other software. Package users care because Teem packages surface a dense set of scientific utilities and development libraries from one install, avoiding manual builds of older research software and its optional compression/image dependencies. ### Why package nerds care Teem is package-nerd significant as a durable scientific-computing dependency with old-school Unix utility flavor. It is not fashionable infrastructure, but it is exactly the sort of specialized C toolkit that package managers preserve so research pipelines and visualization tools keep building. ### Timeline - 2000: Documentation copyright range begins for University of Utah Teem material. - 2003: SourceForge project registered. - 2005: Teem 1.8.0 and 1.9.0 releases documented; 1.9.0 added CMake support. - 2008: Teem 1.10.0 released after three years of changes. - 2012: Teem 1.11.0 released after four years of changes. - 2025: Download page notes the switch from Subversion to Git while preparing a version 2 release. ### Related projects - Related projects include NRRD/NrrdIO, SCIRun, 3D Slicer, CMake, and other scientific visualization/image-processing stacks. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.executables ## 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:** teem - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libteem-dev - 1.12.0~20160122-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libteem-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to process and visualize scientific data and images - development | http://teem.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libteem2 - 1.12.0~20160122-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libteem2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to process and visualize scientific data and images - runtime | http://teem.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - teem-apps - 1.12.0~20160122-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: teem-apps from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to process and visualize scientific data and images - command line tools | http://teem.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libteem-dev - 1.12.0~20160122-5build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libteem-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to process and visualize scientific data and images - development | http://teem.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libteem2 - 1.12.0~20160122-5build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libteem2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to process and visualize scientific data and images - runtime | http://teem.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - teem-apps - 1.12.0~20160122-5build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: teem-apps from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to process and visualize scientific data and images - command line tools | http://teem.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - teem - 1.11.0-89.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: teem from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Libraries for processing and visualizing scientific raster data | https://teem.sourceforge.net - dnf - teem-devel - 1.11.0-89.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: teem-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for teem | https://teem.sourceforge.net - dnf - teem-examples - 1.11.0-89.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: teem-examples from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Examples for developing with for teem | https://teem.sourceforge.net - dnf - teem-libs - 1.11.0-89.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: teem-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Libraries for teem | https://teem.sourceforge.net - winget - lkurcak.tend: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: lkurcak.tend from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - 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