# gerbil-scheme mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gerbil-scheme
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gerbil-scheme
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gerbil
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gerbil
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: gerbil from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gerbil-scheme
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gerbil-scheme>
- **Version:** 0.18.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Opinionated dialect of Scheme designed for Systems Programming
- **Homepage:** <https://cons.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://cons.io>
- **Lizenz:** LGPL-2.1-or-later OR Apache-2.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/archive/refs/tags/v0.18.2.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- gerbil (cli)
- gxc (cli)
- gxensemble (cli)
- gxensemble-test (cli)
- gxhttpd (cli)
- gxhttpd-ensemble-test (cli)
- gxhttpd-test (cli)
- gxi (cli)
- gxpkg (cli)
- gxprof (cli)
- gxtags (cli)
- gxtest (cli)
- gerbil (Alias)
- gxc (Alias)
- gxensemble (Alias)
- gxensemble-test (Alias)
- gxhttpd (Alias)
- gxhttpd-ensemble-test (Alias)
- gxhttpd-test (Alias)
- gxi (Alias)
- gxpkg (Alias)
- gxprof (Alias)
- gxtags (Alias)
- gxtest (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- gcc
- openssl@3

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- pkgconf

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- sqlite

## 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: 0.18.2
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.18.2 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Gerbil Scheme is an opinionated Scheme dialect for systems programming, built on the Gambit runtime and compiler. It combines a macro system, a module system, ahead-of-time compilation, and a broad standard library for developers who want a Scheme environment with practical systems tooling.

### Projektgeschichte

The Gerbil README traces the language to Dimitris Vyzovitis, also known as vyzo, who kept Gerbil as a private Scheme for many years. It evolved from shared macros across implementations into a PLT-style macro language for actor-oriented distributed programming before being released with a source-based bootstrap.

The public implementation standardized on Gambit because the maintainer considered it a portable, performant, low-level Scheme kernel. The repository metadata records the public GitHub project opening in 2016, while the README copyright notice covers work from 2007 through 2023.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Gerbil occupies a specialized place in the Scheme ecosystem: it appeals to programmers who want Scheme syntax and macros while keeping access to native compilation, FFI-oriented systems work, packages, networking libraries, and command-line tooling.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users interact with Gerbil through tools such as `gxi` for the interpreter and `gxc` for compilation. Practitioners build modules, compile programs ahead of time through Gambit, use the standard library, and manage Gerbil projects through the included command-line tools.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-manager users, Gerbil is notable because it packages an entire language stack rather than a single executable. Installing it through Homebrew, MacPorts, or Nix gives Scheme users a repeatable way to obtain the interpreter, compiler, package tooling, and supporting runtime.

### Zeitleiste

- 2007: The README copyright range begins for Gerbil work by Dimitris Vyzovitis and contributors.
- 2016: The public GitHub repository was opened.
- After private development: Gerbil was released with a source-based bootstrap on Gambit.

### Related projects

- Gambit Scheme, Racket, Chibi, SRFI 115, SRFI 159

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/mighty-gerbils/gerbil>
- <https://cons.io/guide>
- <https://cons.io/reference>
- <https://github.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mighty-gerbils/gerbil/master/README.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gerbil-scheme
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** gambit-scheme, ghostscript
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- MacPorts - gerbil: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: science/gerbil/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - gerbil: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: gerbil from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix


## 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.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/de/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/de/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [openssl@3](https://pkg.so/de/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gcc](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gcc/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mit-scheme](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mit-scheme/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, interpreter, language-runtime, lisp.
- [gambit-scheme](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gambit-scheme/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, interpreter, language-runtime, scheme.
- [chicken](https://pkg.so/de/brew/chicken/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, interpreter, language-runtime, scheme.
- [clisp](https://pkg.so/de/brew/clisp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, interpreter, language-runtime, lisp.
- [ecl](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ecl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, interpreter, language-runtime, lisp.
- [kawa](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kawa/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, lisp, scheme.
- [oak](https://pkg.so/de/brew/oak/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, compiler, interpreter, language-runtime, standard-library.
- [scheme48](https://pkg.so/de/brew/scheme48/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, interpreter, language-runtime, lisp, scheme.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rust/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, openssl.
- [sagittarius-scheme](https://pkg.so/de/brew/sagittarius-scheme/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, language, language-runtime, openssl.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- 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