# ancient mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ancient in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:ancient ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ancient ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ancient ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: archivers/ancient/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ancient ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: ancient from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install ancient ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ancient from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ancient ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ancient from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ancient - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.3.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Decompression routines for ancient formats - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - ancient (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 2.3.0 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung Ancient is a modern C++17 decompressor collection for old compression formats, especially formats from Amiga, Atari, and other 1980s and 1990s systems. It ships both a command-line application and a small API. ### Projektgeschichte The public GitHub repository was created in March 2017. The README explains the motivation: old decompression algorithms may still be findable, but original implementations are often system-specific, incomplete, direct translations from M68K assembly, poorly licensed, or hard to reuse safely. Ancient's project goals are a clean modern implementation, BSD-style licensing, and test coverage against a cache of roughly ten thousand available files plus generated public-domain test files. The README also stresses that some old formats have undocumented corner cases and weak password protection, but the project is decompression-focused rather than cryptographic. The latest GitHub release observed for this batch is v2.3.0, published in September 2025. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Ancient sits at the intersection of software preservation, retrocomputing, and archive tooling. Its value is not broad user-interface adoption but format coverage: it preserves the ability to unpack data from old scenes, games, music modules, and system-specific compressors. The supplied package facts show Ancient packaged in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Ubuntu, and zypper. That distribution breadth is notable for a specialist decompressor library because it makes obscure formats available to scripts and preservation workflows without each user rebuilding from source. ### Wie es verwendet wird The README says simple usage is available through both the CLI and API, and that the compression algorithm is automatically detected in most cases. It also notes important boundaries: Ancient currently does not support archival files or self-extracting executables as primary built-in functionality. The format list is the package's main feature: it includes classic Unix `compress`/`pack` variants, bzip2 and gzip bitstreams, Amiga-oriented formats such as PowerPacker, XPK-encapsulated files, Disk Masher System, StoneCracker, Pack-Ice, and many others. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren Ancient is significant because package managers can turn a preservation niche into a normal command-line capability. Once installed, old packed data can be tested or unpacked in automated pipelines without depending on questionable original binaries. It is also a nice example of 'boring modern C++ around weird old formats': the project replaces fragile historical code with a maintained, licensed, test-backed implementation. ### Zeitleiste - 2017: GitHub repository created. - 2017 onward: Ancient grows as a C++17 library and CLI for legacy decompression formats. - 2025: Release v2.3.0 published. ### Related projects - PowerPacker, XPK, StoneCracker, Disk Masher System, Pack-Ice, and other legacy compressors listed by the README. - Lhasa: referenced by the README as a source for reimplementing rare LZH compressors without reusing code. - bzip2 and gzip: modern/Unix formats included alongside retro formats. ### Quellen - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Sicherheitshinweise broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - ancient - 2.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ancient from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | decompression routines for ancient formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - Debian apt - libancient-dev - 2.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libancient-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | decompression routines for ancient formats - development files | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - Debian apt - libancient2 - 2.2.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libancient2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | decompression routines for ancient formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - Ubuntu apt - ancient - 2.1.0+ds-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ancient from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | decompression routines for ancient formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - Ubuntu apt - libancient-dev - 2.1.0+ds-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libancient-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | decompression routines for ancient formats - development files | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - Ubuntu apt - libancient2 - 2.1.0+ds-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libancient2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | decompression routines for ancient formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - dnf - ancient - 2.3.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ancient from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Modern decompressor for old data compression formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - dnf - ancient-devel - 2.3.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ancient-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library and header files for building applications to use libancient | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - dnf - ancient-libs - 2.3.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ancient-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library files for libancient decompressor for old formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient - zypper - ancient - 2.3.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ancient from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Decompression routines for ancient formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient/ - zypper - ancient-devel - 2.3.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ancient-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libancient | https://github.com/temisu/ancient/ - zypper - libancient2 - 2.3.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libancient2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Decompression library for ancient formats | https://github.com/temisu/ancient/ - MacPorts - ancient: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: archivers/ancient/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ancient.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ancient.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph