# nickle mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für nickle in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:nickle ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install nickle ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install nickle ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: math/nickle/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add nickle ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nickle from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install nickle ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: nickle from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install nickle ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nickle 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 nickle ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: nickle from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:nickle - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 2.108 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Desk calculator language - **Homepage:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** MIT - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - nickle (cli) - nickle (Alias) ## Abhängigkeiten - gmp ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken - libedit ## 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: 2.108 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://www.nickle.org/ - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Nickle is Bart Massey and Keith Packard's C-like arbitrary-precision desk-calculator language. It is both an interactive calculator and a small programming language for numerical and semi-numerical algorithms. ### Projektgeschichte Nickle was presented at the 2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference in the Freenix track. The USENIX abstract describes it as a vaguely C-like language for numerical applications, useful as both a desk calculator and as a prototyping and implementation language, and notes that its history is an example of an idea becoming freely available software. The upstream release directory shows public release artifacts from April 2001, including 1.99.x tarballs and RPMs, followed by the 2.00 tarball on October 27, 2001. The same release directory continues through 2.108, dated March 14, 2026, which Homebrew packaged as stable 2.108. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Nickle has long-lived Unix packaging rather than broad hype-driven adoption. The av.db input lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, and Alpine packaging. Homebrew analytics on July 1, 2026 reported 103 install-on-request events over 365 days, so Homebrew usage is small but the package persists across distributions. Its cultural niche is the classic Unix power-user calculator: richer than `bc`, scriptable, arbitrary precision, C-like enough for programmers, and maintained by well-known X/Open Source developers rather than a large application vendor. ### Wie es verwendet wird Users run `nickle` interactively for arbitrary-precision calculations, load files, define functions, inspect top-level history, and write small numerical programs. The tutorial walks from command invocation into datatypes, declarations, control flow, functions, namespaces, exceptions, continuations, threads, and mutual exclusion. For package nerds, Nickle is interesting because it is a compact, old-school language runtime whose packaging footprint is tiny but unusually durable. It is the kind of tool people install when `bc` is too limited and a full Python/R/Julia stack is unnecessary. ### Zeitleiste - {'date': '2001-04-09', 'event': 'Upstream release directory shows Nickle 1.99.x tarballs and RPMs.'} - {'date': '2001-06', 'event': 'Nickle paper published at USENIX ATC 2001.'} - {'date': '2001-10-27', 'event': 'Nickle 2.00 tarball published.'} - {'date': '2026-03-14', 'event': 'Nickle 2.108 release artifacts published.'} ### Related projects - bc - dc - GNU bc - calc ### Quellen - - - - - ## 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:** nickle - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - nickle - 2.103: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: nickle from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | desk calculator language | https://nickle.org - Ubuntu apt - nickle - 2.97build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nickle from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | desk calculator language | https://nickle.org - apk - nickle - 2.108-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nickle from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desk calculator language with C-like syntax | https://nickle.org/ - apk - nickle-dev - 2.108-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nickle-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desk calculator language with C-like syntax (development files) | https://nickle.org/ - apk - nickle-doc - 2.108-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nickle-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Desk calculator language with C-like syntax (documentation) | https://nickle.org/ - dnf - nickle - 2.108-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nickle from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | A programming language-based prototyping environment | https://nickle.org - dnf - nickle-devel - 2.108-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nickle-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Include files for Nickle | https://nickle.org - pacman - nickle - 2.108-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: nickle from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A programming language based prototyping environment with powerful programming and scripting capabilities | https://nickle.org - MacPorts - nickle: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: math/nickle/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [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. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [meson](https://pkg.so/de/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [julia](https://pkg.so/de/brew/julia/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [clojure](https://pkg.so/de/brew/clojure/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [ryelang](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ryelang/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [hy](https://pkg.so/de/brew/hy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [polyml](https://pkg.so/de/brew/polyml/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [kawa](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kawa/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [min-lang](https://pkg.so/de/brew/min-lang/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language, repl. - [go](https://pkg.so/de/brew/go/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, programming-language. - [agda](https://pkg.so/de/brew/agda/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, gmp, language, language-runtime, programming. - [arturo](https://pkg.so/de/brew/arturo/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, gmp, language, language-runtime, programming. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nickle.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nickle.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