# Install ptex with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Texture mapping system. Version 2.5.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ptex.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ptex
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ptex
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ptex
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add ptex
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ptex from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ptex
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptex from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ptex
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ptex
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ptex from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ptex
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ptex>
- **Version:** 2.5.2
- **Source summary:** Texture mapping system
- **Homepage:** <https://ptex.us/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wdas/ptex>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://ptex.us/>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/wdas/ptex/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.2.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- ptxinfo (cli)
- ptxinfo (alias)

## Dependencies

- libdeflate

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- pkgconf

## 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: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.5.2
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/wdas/ptex
- Upstream latest detected: v2.5.2 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## 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:** ptex
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ptex: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pt/ptex/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - ptex - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ptex from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | texture mapping system by Walt Disney Animation Studios | https://ptex.us/
- apk - ptex-dev - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ptex-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | texture mapping system by Walt Disney Animation Studios (development files) | https://ptex.us/
- apk - ptex-doc - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ptex-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | texture mapping system by Walt Disney Animation Studios (documentation) | https://ptex.us/
- apk - ptex-static - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ptex-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | texture mapping system by Walt Disney Animation Studios (static library) | https://ptex.us/
- apk - ptex-tools - 2.5.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ptex-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | texture mapping system by Walt Disney Animation Studios (tools) | https://ptex.us/
- dnf - ptex - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptex from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Per-Face Texture Mapping for Production Rendering | https://github.com/wdas/ptex
- dnf - ptex-devel - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptex-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the Ptex library | https://github.com/wdas/ptex
- dnf - ptex-doc - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptex-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for the Ptex library | https://github.com/wdas/ptex
- dnf - ptex-libs - 2.5.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptex-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Libraries for Ptex | https://github.com/wdas/ptex
- pacman - ptex - 2.5.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ptex from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Per-Face Texture Mapping for Production Rendering | http://ptex.us/
- MacPorts - ptex: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/ptex/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [libdeflate](https://pkg.so/brew/libdeflate/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://pkg.so/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ptex.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ptex.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
