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使用 Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper 安装 libsixel

查看 libsixel 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。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install libsixel

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install libsixel

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/libsixel/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add libsixel

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libsixel · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install libsixel

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libsixel · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libsixel

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libsixel/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S libsixel

Arch Linux sync databases · libsixel · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install libsixel-bin

Debian stable package indexes · libsixel-bin · 来源: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install libsixel-bash-completion

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libsixel-bash-completion · 来源: download.opensuse.org

概览

软件包摘要

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation

命令和别名

  • img2sixel
  • libsixel-config
  • sixel2png

历史

项目历史与用法

libsixel is a C encoder and decoder for DEC SIXEL terminal graphics, plus command-line tools such as img2sixel and sixel2png. It matters because it helped revive a 1980s terminal image protocol for modern terminals, plots, previews, and command-line image workflows.

项目历史

The project traces back to Hayaki Saito's libsixel work, described as an implementation derived from kmiya's sixel encoder. Its README explains SIXEL as a Digital Equipment Corporation format for printer and terminal imaging whose data is represented as terminal-friendly escape sequences.

A community fork under the libsixel GitHub organization continued the project after Saito stopped participating publicly in January 2020, according to the fork README. That fork collected improvements and security patches, later switching the build system to Meson for libsixel 2.0.

采用历史

libsixel rode a broader revival of terminal graphics. The README lists use in or integration with projects and workflows around gnuplot, Ghostscript, ImageMagick, lsix, FFmpeg-SIXEL, SDL experiments, w3m integration, GNU Screen forks, RetroArch, and terminal support in xterm, mlterm, iTerm2, WezTerm, and related emulators.

The README also lists packaging through FreeBSD ports, pkgsrc, Homebrew, Debian, Arch, Gentoo, Ubuntu, NixOS, OpenBSD Ports, Fedora Copr, SlackBuilds, and MacPorts, which made it a common optional dependency for software that wants SIXEL output.

使用方式

Users most often meet libsixel through `img2sixel`, which converts images and animations into SIXEL escape sequences for display in a compatible terminal, and `sixel2png`, which decodes SIXEL back into PNG. Developers can use the C API and several language bindings to generate or decode SIXEL programmatically.

The practical constraint is terminal support: when the terminal understands SIXEL, the output renders inline; when it does not, users see escape data or nothing useful.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

libsixel is a package-nerd favorite because it compresses a lot of terminal history into one dependency: DEC hardware, escape sequences, image quantization, terminal emulator feature flags, and modern CLI image previews all meet in a small C library.

It also shows how optional media support propagates through package managers. A plotting tool, terminal browser, or file manager may grow SIXEL support only when a distro or formula enables the right build option and ships libsixel.

时间线

  • 1980s: DEC introduced SIXEL for printer and terminal imaging.
  • 2020-01: The community fork README records Saito's disappearance from public maintenance activity.
  • 2025-01-11: The libsixel organization release page records v1.10.5.
  • 2025-02-12: The libsixel organization repository was archived as read-only.

Related projects

  • Related projects include the original saitoha/libsixel repository, kmiya's sixel encoder, mlterm, xterm, iTerm2, gnuplot, ImageMagick, Ghostscript, lsix, FFmpeg-SIXEL, and other terminal graphics protocols such as kitty graphics.

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:library-like

安装行为

  • formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
  • Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 8 个平台目标。
  • 安装时包含 2 个运行时依赖。
  • 构建元数据列出 2 个构建依赖。

建议审查

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可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
img2sixelcli全局可执行文件
libsixel-configcli全局可执行文件
sixel2pngcli全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。

页面生成时间2026-07-25
管理器版本1.10.5
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游当前
检测到的最新版本v1.10.5

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

  • 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:libsixel
版本1.10.5
软件包管理器Homebrew
软件包管理器页面https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libsixel
主页https://github.com/saitoha/sixel
仓库https://github.com/saitoha/sixel
上游文档https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel#readme
许可证MIT
源码归档https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel/archive/refs/tags/v1.10.5.tar.gz
依赖jpeg-turbo, libpng
构建依赖meson, ninja
Bottle可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install未定义
服务未声明

注册表事实

源数据库详情

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelibsixel
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Debian apt95%

libsixel-bin 1.10.5-1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (binary)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel-bin
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 2 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libsixel-dev 1.10.5-1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (develop)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libsixel-examples 1.10.5-1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (examples)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel-examples
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 可选依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-examples from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libsixel1 1.10.5-1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (runtime)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libsixel1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libsixel

nix profile install nixpkgs#libsixel
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libsixel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libsixel-bin 1.10.3-3build1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (binary)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel-bin
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 2 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libsixel-dev 1.10.3-3build1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (develop)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libsixel-examples 1.10.3-3build1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (examples)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel-examples
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 可选依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel-examples from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libsixel1 1.10.3-3build1

DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (runtime)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apt install libsixel1
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

libsixel 1.10.5-r0

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apk add libsixel
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libsixel-dev 1.10.5-r0

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation (development files)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apk add libsixel-dev
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libsixel-doc 1.10.5-r0

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation (documentation)

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apk add libsixel-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libsixel-tools 1.10.5-r0

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apk add libsixel-tools
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libsixel-tools-bash-completion 1.10.5-r0

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apk add libsixel-tools-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-tools-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libsixel-tools-zsh-completion 1.10.5-r0

SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo apk add libsixel-tools-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-tools-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

libsixel 1.10.5-6.fc45

SIXEL encoding and decoding

https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel

sudo dnf install libsixel
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libsixel
  • 7 依赖
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Libsixel
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsixel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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