# epr mit Homebrew, apk, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:epr
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install epr
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add epr
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#epr
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:epr
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/epr>
- **Version:** 2.4.15
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Command-line EPUB reader
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/wustho/epr>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/wustho/epr>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/39/20/d647083aa86ec9da89b4f04b62dd6942aabb77528fd2efe018ff1cd145d2/epr-reader-2.4.15.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- epr (cli)
- epr (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- python@3.14

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf all

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 2.4.15
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/wustho/epr
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

epr is a small Python terminal EPUB reader. Its README emphasizes a keyboard-oriented CLI experience: remembering the last book and per-file reading state, adapting to terminal resize, supporting EPUB3 text, opening embedded images, and providing simple dark and light color schemes.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in March 2019. The project kept the classic Unix shape of a single-purpose command-line reader, with installation paths through PyPI, pip from Git, Homebrew, Chocolatey, AUR, or manual placement in PATH.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

epr became popular enough for packaging across several ecosystems and accumulated notable GitHub attention for a niche terminal reader. The README also points users toward epy, the author's more featureful fork that supports more formats and reading features.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users invoke epr with an EPUB path or without arguments to resume the last read file. It stores per-file reading state in $HOME/.config/epr/config or $HOME/.epr, and it can search reading history by passing words from a previous path.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

epr is the kind of package terminal users like because it turns a GUI-heavy activity into a shell command. Its small dependency footprint and plain config/state files make it easy to package and easy to reason about.

### Zeitleiste

- 2019: The GitHub repository is created.
- 2023: The repository records a February 2023 push in the cited metadata.
- 2020s: The README documents installation through PyPI, Homebrew, Chocolatey, AUR, and manual PATH placement.

### Related projects

- epy is the author's more featureful fork of epr.
- ebooklib and rupa/epub are listed as inspirations in the README.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/wustho/epr>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wustho/epr/master/README.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/wustho/epr>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ~/.config/epr/config, ~/.epr
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - epr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ep/epr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - epr - 2.4.15-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | CLI epub reader | https://github.com/wustho/epr
- apk - epr-pyc - 2.4.15-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epr-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for epr | https://github.com/wustho/epr


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/de/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/de/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [lue-reader](https://pkg.so/de/brew/lue-reader/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ebook-reader, epub, media, terminal.
- [ebook-tools](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ebook-tools/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ebooks, media, python.
- [kepubify](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kepubify/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ebooks, epub, media.
- [cinecli](https://pkg.so/de/brew/cinecli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, python, terminal.
- [bk](https://pkg.so/de/brew/bk/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ebook-reader, epub, media, terminal.
- [libmobi](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libmobi/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ebooks, media.
- [convertlit](https://pkg.so/de/brew/convertlit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, ebooks, media.
- [ocrmypdf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ocrmypdf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, python.
- [standardebooks](https://pkg.so/de/brew/standardebooks/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, ebook, ebooks, epub, media.

## Combined YAML source

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