# ddd mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ddd in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ddd
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ddd
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ddd
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ddd
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ddd
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ddd 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#ddd
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ddd
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ddd>
- **Version:** 3.4.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Graphical front-end for command-line debuggers
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-or-later AND GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later AND HPND-sell-variant AND MIT-open-group
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/ddd/ddd-3.4.1.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-25T13:37:39+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- ddd (cli)
- ddd (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- fontconfig
- libice
- libsm
- libx11
- libxaw
- libxext
- libxft
- libxmu
- libxp
- libxpm
- libxt
- openmotif

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- gnu-sed

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- ncurses

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 3.4.1
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-25
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GNU DDD, the Data Display Debugger, is a graphical front end for command-line debuggers. Its package identity is tied to the classic Unix debugging stack: Motif/X11 UI, GDB underneath, and a visual data display for inspecting structures as graphs.

### Projektgeschichte

DDD grew out of 1990s work on graphical debugging interfaces for Unix debuggers and became part of the GNU Project. The GNU manual describes it as a front end to GDB and other inferior debuggers, while the official DDD paper emphasized graphical data display as its distinctive contribution over a plain source-level debugger UI.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

For many years DDD was packaged by Unix and Linux distributions as the familiar GUI companion to GDB, DBX, XDB, and similar debuggers. The project had a long stable period around the 3.3.x line, with GNU's news page announcing 3.3.12 in 2009, and later documentation and homepage updates describing the 3.4 series.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package users typically install DDD when they want a graphical debugging session without moving to an IDE: breakpoints, watchpoints, call stacks, source display, and graph-style inspection of data structures while GDB or another debugger runs underneath.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

DDD is notable because it packages an older but still recognizable Unix GUI workflow: X11, Motif, GNU debugger tooling, and persistent per-user sessions. It is a reminder that command-line developer tools often acquired graphical front ends long before IDEs became the default package consumers.

### Zeitleiste

- 1995: Official DDD paper describes the graphical data display approach.
- 2009: DDD 3.3.12 announced on the GNU DDD news page.
- 2023: GNU manual first edition updated for DDD 3.4.0.
- 2026: GNU homepage lists the 3.4 series as the current stable line.

### Related projects

- GDB and CUDA-GDB are the primary debuggers named by the current GNU DDD homepage.
- DBX, XDB, Bash, Python, Perl, and GNU Make debuggers are part of DDD's broader historical debugger-front-end role.
- KDbg and IDE debuggers occupy adjacent graphical-debugger territory.

### Quellen

- <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/news.html>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/manual/html_mono/ddd.html>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/manual/pdf/ddd-paper.pdf>
- <https://savannah.gnu.org/svn/?group=ddd>


## Sicherheitshinweise

escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** red / mittel
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.ddd/init, ~/.ddd/sessions/<session>/init
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ddd
- **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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - ddd - 1:3.3.12-5.4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ddd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Data Display Debugger, a graphical debugger frontend | http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/
- Debian apt - ddd-doc - 1:3.3.12-5.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ddd-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Additional documentation for the Data Display Debugger | http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/
- Nix - ddd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dd/ddd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ddd - 1:3.3.12-5.4build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ddd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Data Display Debugger, a graphical debugger frontend | http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/
- Ubuntu apt - ddd-doc - 1:3.3.12-5.4build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ddd-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Additional documentation for the Data Display Debugger | http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/
- dnf - ddd - 3.4.1-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ddd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | GUI for several command-line debuggers | http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/
- MacPorts - ddd: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/ddd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/de/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/de/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/de/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [fontconfig](https://pkg.so/de/brew/fontconfig/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libxpm](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libxpm/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gnu-sed](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gnu-sed/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [delve](https://pkg.so/de/brew/delve/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools.
- [arm-none-eabi-gdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/arm-none-eabi-gdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools, gdb.
- [aarch64-elf-gdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/aarch64-elf-gdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools, gdb.
- [cgdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cgdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, debugging, developer-tools, gdb.
- [dwarfutils](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dwarfutils/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugging, developer-tools.
- [gdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, developer-tools, gdb, gnu.
- [riscv64-elf-gdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/riscv64-elf-gdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, developer-tools, gdb, gnu.
- [i386-elf-gdb](https://pkg.so/de/brew/i386-elf-gdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, debugger, developer-tools, gdb, gnu.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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