# fdk-aac-encoder mit Homebrew, Nix, apk, apt, dnf, pacman installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für fdk-aac-encoder in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:fdk-aac-encoder
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fdk-aac-encoder
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fdk-aac-encoder
```

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

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add fdkaac
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fdkaac
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install fdkaac
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S fdkaac
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:fdk-aac-encoder
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fdk-aac-encoder>
- **Version:** 1.0.9
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Command-line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac>
- **Lizenz:** Zlib
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.9.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-08-03T17:16:39Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- fdkaac (cli)
- fdkaac (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- fdk-aac

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- autoconf
- automake
- libtool
- pkgconf

## Installationsverhalten

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

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 1.0.9
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-08-03
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
- neueste erkannte Version: v1.0.9 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

fdkaac is a command-line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac, packaged in Homebrew as fdk-aac-encoder and installed as the `fdkaac` executable.

### Projektgeschichte

The public GitHub repository was created in January 2013, and its ChangeLog begins with initial commits and v0.0.1 in the same week. The README/manpage identifies the tool as a frontend for the libfdk-aac encoder rather than a standalone codec implementation.

Development in 2013 was rapid, adding raw input, metadata tagging, gapless mode, CAF input, M4A details, SBR options, and generated manpage material. Later releases focused on compatibility with newer libfdk-aac APIs, Visual Studio project updates, Windows path support, parser checks, and maintenance bumps.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata shows the encoder frontend packaged as fdkaac or fdk-aac-encoder across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Alpine, and other distributions. That spread reflects the demand for an installable CLI wrapper around Fraunhofer FDK AAC in audio conversion workflows.

The GitHub project is smaller than general-purpose media tools, but it persists because it fills a specific packaging gap: users often need a simple executable that exposes libfdk-aac profiles, bitrate modes, M4A tagging, and streamable AAC transport formats.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The README says fdkaac reads linear PCM audio in WAV, raw PCM, or CAF form and encodes it to M4A or AAC. It can read from stdin, write to stdout for streamable transport formats, copy CAF tags to M4A, set metadata fields, and choose profiles such as AAC LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, AAC LD, and AAC ELD.

Package users typically encounter it in shell pipelines or media scripts where libfdk-aac quality or profile support is desired without building a larger transcoding stack around it.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

fdk-aac-encoder is package-nerd-relevant because the Homebrew formula name describes the dependency relationship while the executable keeps the upstream fdkaac name. That split is common in media packaging, where the user-facing binary, library dependency, and formula name are not identical.

Its history also tracks the practical edge cases that matter to audio packagers: gapless playback signaling, SBR behavior, CAF and WAV parsing, M4A metadata, Windows builds, and compatibility with evolving libfdk-aac APIs.

### Zeitleiste

- 2013: Repository created and v0.0.1 initial release work began.
- 2013: v0.3.0 added `--moov-before-mdat`; v0.4.x added CAF input and SBR-related options.
- 2018: Version 1.0.0 updated for FDKv2 API changes and fixed LD/ELD priming behavior.
- 2026: v1.0.7 tag published.

### Related projects

- fdkaac is a frontend for libfdk-aac and depends on that library for AAC encoding.
- It overlaps operationally with larger audio transcoders, but its upstream documentation presents it as a direct encoder CLI rather than a general media framework.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac>
- <https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac#readme>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nu774/fdkaac/master/ChangeLog>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/nu774/fdkaac>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/nu774/fdkaac/tags?per_page=100>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fdk-aac-encoder>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** fdk-aac-encoder
- **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

- Nix - fdk-aac-encoder: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fd/fdk-aac-encoder/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - fdkaac - 1.0.6-0.1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: fdkaac from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac | https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
- Ubuntu apt - fdkaac - 1.0.0-1build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fdkaac from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac | https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
- apk - fdkaac - 1.0.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fdkaac from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command line frontend for libfdk-aac | https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
- apk - fdkaac-doc - 1.0.6-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fdkaac-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command line frontend for libfdk-aac (documentation) | https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
- dnf - fdkaac - 1.0.8-1.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fdkaac from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Command line frontend for libfdk-aac encoder | https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac
- pacman - fdkaac - 1.0.8-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: fdkaac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac | https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
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- [Media and graphics packages](https://pkg.so/de/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata.
- [fdk-aac](https://pkg.so/de/brew/fdk-aac/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libtool](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [autoconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [automake](https://pkg.so/de/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [faac](https://pkg.so/de/brew/faac/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aac, audio-encoder, cli, media.
- [faad2](https://pkg.so/de/brew/faad2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: aac, cli, media.
- [flake](https://pkg.so/de/brew/flake/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: audio-encoder, cli, media.
- [ffmpeg](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ffmpeg/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media.
- [libpng](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libpng/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media.
- [jpeg-turbo](https://pkg.so/de/brew/jpeg-turbo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media.
- [fontconfig](https://pkg.so/de/brew/fontconfig/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media.
- [av1an](https://pkg.so/de/brew/av1an/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, encoding, line, media.
- [flac123](https://pkg.so/de/brew/flac123/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, command-line, line, media.
- [kew](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kew/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: audio, cli, command-line, line, media.

## Combined YAML source

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


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