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brew

使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop 安装 m4

查看 m4 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 m4

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install m4

MacPorts ports tree · devel/m4/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add m4

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · m4 · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install m4

Debian stable package indexes · m4 · 来源: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install m4

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · m4 · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#m4

nixpkgs package indexes · m4 · 来源: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S m4

Arch Linux sync databases · m4 · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install m4

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · m4 · 来源: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoop已验证 · 92%
scoop install main/m4

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/m4.json · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

Macro processing language

命令和别名

  • m4

历史

项目历史与用法

GNU M4 is the GNU implementation of the traditional Unix `m4` macro processor. It expands built-in and user-defined macros while copying input to output and is used both directly and as infrastructure for other build tools.

项目历史

The m4 lineage is older than GNU: the GNU manual traces macro-language ideas to 1950s and 1960s work by Alan Perlis, Doug McIlroy, Christopher Strachey, and Bell Labs macro processors such as GPM and M6.

Kernighan and Ritchie developed the original `m4` at Bell Labs in 1977. GNU M4 was released by Rene Seindal in 1990 to remove artificial limits in many traditional implementations, including line length, macro size, and macro-count limits.

Francois Pinard maintained GNU M4 in the early 1990s and released version 1.4 in 1994. After a long stable period, maintenance resumed with Paul Eggert, Gary V. Vaughan, Eric Blake, and later releases in the 1.4 series through 1.4.20.

采用历史

The GNU manual notes that `m4` is widely available on Unix systems and standardized by POSIX. Many users install GNU M4 indirectly because GNU Autoconf requires it to generate configure scripts.

The supplied package-manager facts show the package across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, Nix, MacPorts, Scoop, and openSUSE, which matches its role as a baseline development dependency.

使用方式

GNU M4 can be invoked as `m4 [option...] [file...]`. It supports macro expansion, file inclusion, shell-command execution, arithmetic, text manipulation, and recursion.

In package builds, direct human-written M4 macros are less common than Autoconf usage, but maintainers still care about GNU M4 compatibility because configure-generation failures often trace back to macro behavior.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

GNU M4 is one of the quiet pieces of the Autotools stack: many source packages do not need it at runtime, but build-from-VCS workflows and autoreconf pipelines often need the GNU implementation.

It matters to package maintainers because POSIX `m4`, vendor `m4`, and GNU M4 have historically differed in limits and extensions, and Autoconf intentionally standardized on GNU M4 to avoid those limitations.

时间线

  • 1977: Original Bell Labs m4 described by Kernighan and Ritchie
  • 1990: Rene Seindal released GNU M4
  • 1994: GNU M4 1.4 released as a long-lived stable version
  • 2004: 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 addressed long-standing bugs
  • 2025: GNU M4 1.4.20 released

Related projects

  • GNU Autoconf is one of GNU M4's biggest users and requires GNU M4 as its macro engine.
  • Traditional Unix m4 implementations, GPM, M6, M5, and Ratfor-related preprocessors are part of the historical macro-processor lineage.

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
m4cli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2026-07-10
管理器版本1.4.21
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

  • 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
  • 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/none 置信度

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:m4
版本1.4.21
软件包管理器Homebrew
软件包管理器页面https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/m4
主页https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
仓库https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/m4.git
上游文档https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual
许可证GPL-3.0-or-later
源码归档https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.21.tar.xz
Bottle可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sequoia, sonoma, tahoe, 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 Namem4
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyyes
URL Keys
  • 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%

m4 1.4.19-8

macro processing language

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

sudo apt install m4
  • Section: interpreters
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 可选依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: m4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

m4-doc 1.4.19-8

Documentation for GNU m4

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

sudo apt install m4-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: m4
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: m4-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

m4

nix profile install nixpkgs#m4
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: m4 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

m4 1.4.19-4build1

macro processing language

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

sudo apt install m4
  • Section: interpreters
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 可选依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: m4 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

m4-doc 1.4.19-4build1

Documentation for GNU m4

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

sudo apt install m4-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: m4
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: m4-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

m4 1.4.20-r1

GNU macro processor

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4

sudo apk add m4
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: m4
  • 1 依赖
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: m4 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

m4-doc 1.4.20-r1

GNU macro processor (documentation)

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4

sudo apk add m4-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: m4
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: m4-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

m4 1.4.21-1.fc45

GNU macro processor

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

sudo dnf install m4
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.3-or-later AND FSFULLR AND GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Autoconf-exception-generic-3.0 AND GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Texinfo-exception AND
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: m4
  • 2 依赖
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: m4 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

m4 1.4.21-2

The GNU macro processor

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4

sudo pacman -S m4
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 依赖
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: m4 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

m4 1.4.21-1.2

GNU m4

https://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

sudo zypper install m4
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Languages/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: m4
  • 1 依赖
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: m4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

m4

sudo port install m4
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/m4/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/m4

scoop install main/m4
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：M4
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/m4.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

软件包图谱

链接来自本地软件包关系图、补充数据、依赖边、生态匹配和软件包 hub 归属。

相关工具

  • autoconfPopular package that depends on this formula.
  • crosstool-ngPopular package that depends on this formula.
  • libtoolPopular package that depends on this formula.
  • m-cliPackage name indicates the same formula family.

相同工作流

  • diffutilsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu, text-processing.
  • enscriptShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu, text-processing.
  • gawkShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu, text-processing.
  • grepShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu, text-processing.
  • wdiffShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu, text-processing.
  • alignShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing.

来源线索

由仓库数据生成

此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/m4.yml

使用的来源

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