# Install inform6

Design system for interactive fiction. Version 6.44-r7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:inform6
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install inform6
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install inform
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/inform/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#inform6
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/inform6/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install inform
```

  Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: inform from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:inform6
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/inform6>
- **Version:** 6.44-r7
- **Source summary:** Design system for interactive fiction
- **Homepage:** <https://inform-fiction.org/inform6.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/DavidKinder/Inform6>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://inform-fiction.ifarchive.org/>
- **License:** Artistic-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/source/inform-6.44-r7.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-01T03:13:16Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- inform (cli)
- inform-6.44 (cli)
- pblorb (cli)
- pblorb.pl (cli)
- punyinform (cli)
- punyinform-6.44 (cli)
- punyinform.sh (cli)
- scanblorb (cli)
- scanblorb.pl (cli)
- inform (alias)
- inform-6.44 (alias)
- pblorb (alias)
- pblorb.pl (alias)
- punyinform (alias)
- punyinform-6.44 (alias)
- punyinform.sh (alias)
- scanblorb (alias)
- scanblorb.pl (alias)

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 6.44-r7
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-01
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://inform-fiction.org/inform6.html
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

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:** inform6
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **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

- Nix - inform6: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/inform6/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - inform: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/inform/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - inform - 6.31.1+dfsg-2build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: inform from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | story file compiler for the Inform interactive fiction language (v6) | http://inform-fiction.org/
- Ubuntu apt - inform-docs - 6.31.1+dfsg-2build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: inform-docs from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for the Inform interactive fiction language (v6) | http://inform-fiction.org/


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