# 使用 Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper 安装 form

查看 form 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:form
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install form
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install form
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#form
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/form/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install form
```

  证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: form from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:form
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/form>
- **版本:** 5.0.1
- **来源摘要:** Symbolic manipulation system
- **主页:** <https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/form-dev/form>
- **上游文档:** <https://github.com/form-dev/form#readme>
- **许可证:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **源码归档:** <https://github.com/form-dev/form/releases/download/v5.0.1/form-5.0.1.tar.gz>
- **最后更新:** 2026-06-29T13:26:59Z
- **已生成:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## 可执行文件

- form (cli)
- tform (cli)
- form (别名)
- tform (别名)

## 依赖

- flint
- gmp
- mpfr
- zstd

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-07-08
- 管理器版本: 5.0.1
- 管理器更新时间: 2026-06-29
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/form-dev/form
- 信息: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## 项目历史与用法

FORM is a symbolic manipulation system designed for very large algebraic expressions, especially in high-energy physics. Its official materials emphasize that expression size is limited mainly by disk space rather than RAM, making it a specialist tool for computations that strain conventional computer algebra systems.

### 项目历史

FORM was started in 1984 by Jos Vermaseren at NIKHEF. The official NIKHEF history describes its evolution across Apollo workstations, Atari ST, NeXT systems, PCs, Linux systems, and multicore machines, while the current GitHub README names Jos Vermaseren as the original author and lists later contributors in the AUTHORS file.

Parallel variants became part of the FORM story: ParFORM was developed for multiprocessor and cluster systems, while TFORM became the multithreaded version for shared-memory machines. The GitHub project was established in 2013 and continues to publish tagged releases, including the 5.0 series in 2026.

### 采用历史

FORM's adoption is concentrated in research computing and high-energy physics rather than general-purpose scripting. The README states that it has been essential for state-of-the-art high-energy-physics computations, and the NIKHEF pages describe an ecosystem of manuals, courses, tutorials, a reference manual, and workshops around the tool.

### 使用方式

FORM programs read symbolic expressions from files, apply symbolic or algebraic transformations, and print textual mathematical results. The distributed command set includes form for sequential use and tform for multithreaded use, with optional dependencies such as GMP, MPFR, zstd, zlib, and FLINT improving capabilities or performance.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

FORM is package-nerd significant because it is an old, performance-oriented domain tool that still ships as a Unix-style command-line program. It bridges scientific computing, symbolic algebra, disk-backed data structures, and long-running source distribution history, making it a classic example of research software that package managers keep usable outside its original lab environment.

### 时间线

- 1984: FORM development started.
- 1999: ParFORM development era began on multiprocessor systems.
- 2013: Public GitHub repository created and 4.x releases published there.
- 2026: FORM 5.0-series releases published.

### Related projects

- Related FORM variants include ParFORM for distributed-memory multiprocessor systems and TFORM for shared-memory multithreading. FORM also occupies the efficient, large-expression side of the computer-algebra landscape, often used alongside more general CAS tools in hybrid workflows.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/form-dev/form/releases?per_page=10>
- <https://github.com/form-dev/form>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/form-dev/form/master/AUTHORS>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/form-dev/form/master/README.md>
- <https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/aboutform/aboutform.html>
- <https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/maindir/documentation/documentation.html>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** form
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - form - 4.3.1+git20250227+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: form from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- Debian apt - form-doc - 4.3.1+git20250227+ds-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: form-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- Nix - form: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/form/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - form - 4.3.0+git20230104+ds-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: form from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- Ubuntu apt - form-doc - 4.3.0+git20230104+ds-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: form-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for symbolic manipulation system | https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
- zypper - form - 5.0.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: form from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A Symbolic Manipulation System | https://github.com/form-dev/form/
- zypper - form-doc - 5.0.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: form-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Additional documentation for form - A Symbolic Manipulation System | https://github.com/form-dev/form/


## 相关链接

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Scientific computing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/scientific-computing-tools/) - Matched scientific computing metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [zstd](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/zstd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ginac](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/ginac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science, symbolic-computation.
- [fricas](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/fricas/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science, symbolic-computation.
- [maxima](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/maxima/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science.
- [msolve](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/msolve/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science, symbolic-computation.
- [ode](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/ode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, physics, science.
- [pari](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/pari/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science.
- [singular](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/singular/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science.
- [wxmaxima](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/wxmaxima/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, computer-algebra, science.

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- 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