# mkhexgrid mit Homebrew, MacPorts installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:mkhexgrid
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mkhexgrid
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mkhexgrid
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:mkhexgrid
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mkhexgrid>
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Fully-configurable hex grid generator
- **Homepage:** <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/releases/mkhexgrid-0.1.1.src.tar.bz2>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- mkhexgrid (cli)
- mkhexgrid (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- gd

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- boost

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.1.1
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

mkhexgrid is a small command-line program by Joel Uckelman for generating configurable hexagonal grids, especially grids used for strategy games. The official page says it can create PNG, SVG, and PostScript output and can adjust line thickness, colors, center marks, coordinate styles, and coordinate placement.

### Projektgeschichte

The project first released version 0.1.0 on August 6, 2006, with Windows and Linux binaries plus source packages. Version 0.1.1 followed on January 10, 2007, fixing several bugs and Mac OS X build issues.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The official page announced FreeBSD Ports availability in December 2006 and recommended Fink for Mac OS X users. Homebrew and MacPorts later carried the package for users who wanted a scriptable hex-grid generator.

### Wie es verwendet wird

mkhexgrid reads grid parameters from a spec file or standard input and writes output to a named file or standard output. The reference manual documents options for output format, image size, rows, columns, grid color, coordinate format, coordinate origin, and center marks.

Its practical niche is generating repeatable printable or image-based hex maps without opening a graphical map editor.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

mkhexgrid is package-nerd interesting because it packages a very specific tabletop/strategy-game utility as a normal Unix command. It is small, source-archived, and useful in scripts that generate assets or print-ready grid sheets.

### Zeitleiste

- 2006-08: mkhexgrid 0.1.0 initial release.
- 2006-12: Official news says mkhexgrid was added to FreeBSD Ports.
- 2007-01: mkhexgrid 0.1.1 released.

### Related projects

- mkhexgrid is related to strategy-game map tooling, tabletop hex maps, GD PNG generation, SVG, PostScript, FreeBSD Ports, Fink, Homebrew, and MacPorts.

### Quellen

- <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/>
- <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/HISTORY>
- <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/README>
- <https://www.nomic.net/~uckelman/mkhexgrid/mkhexgrid.html>


## 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:** mkhexgrid
- **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

- MacPorts - mkhexgrid: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/mkhexgrid/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [Media and graphics packages](https://pkg.so/de/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata.
- [gd](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [roll](https://pkg.so/de/brew/roll/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, games, tabletop.
- [rolldice](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rolldice/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, games, tabletop.
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- [mapcrafter](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mapcrafter/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, games, map, png.

## Combined YAML source

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


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- pkg.so package database
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