# asciiquarium mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:asciiquarium
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install asciiquarium
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add asciiquarium
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install asciiquarium
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: asciiquarium from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#asciiquarium
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S asciiquarium
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:asciiquarium
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Aquarium animation in ASCII art
- **Homepage:** <https://robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/html/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- asciiquarium (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ASCIIQuarium is a Perl terminal toy that animates an aquarium scene in ASCII art using Curses and Term::Animation. It is the sort of small, durable package that persists in Unix package collections because it is whimsical, dependency-light, and instantly demonstrable.

### Projektgeschichte

The official README identifies the program as Asciiquarium v1.1 by Kirk Baucom and describes it as an aquarium/sea animation in ASCII art. The script header gives a 2003 copyright date for Kirk Baucom and points users to the robobunny.com project page as the current version location.

The GitHub mirror/import used by current package managers was created in 2011 by Claudio Matsuoka. Its first commit message says it imported Kirk Baucom's ASCIIQuarium 1.0, and the README credits Matsuoka with new fish species and minor improvements backported from an Android live wallpaper.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

ASCIIQuarium's adoption is mostly package-culture adoption rather than application-platform adoption: it is useful as a terminal demo, a Curses/Perl curiosity, and a bit of ASCII-art nostalgia. The input facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Fedora, Nix, and Arch packages, which is broad for a terminal toy.

Its README includes Ubuntu setup notes for Perl Curses and Term::Animation, reflecting the older CPAN-plus-distro packaging style. Package-manager formulas are valuable because they hide those Perl module requirements behind a single install.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The program is a single Perl script. Users put it somewhere on PATH and run `asciiquarium`; while it is running, `q` quits, `r` redraws the aquarium, `p` toggles pause, and `-c` selects classic mode with only species from Asciiquarium 1.0.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, ASCIIQuarium is a tiny example of why toy packages matter: it exercises terminal capabilities, Perl module dependencies, curses support, and package naming conventions while also being fun enough to keep around.

### Zeitleiste

- 2003: Script header copyright date for Kirk Baucom.
- 2011: GitHub repository created and initial import commit records ASCIIQuarium 1.0.
- 2011: Version 1.1 documented with new fish species.
- 2023: GitHub repository still received updates/pushes.

### Related projects

- Term::Animation and Curses are required Perl modules.
- Joan Stark's ASCII art is credited for much of the artwork.
- An Android live wallpaper is mentioned as the source for some backported species.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium/master/CHANGES>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium/master/README>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium/master/asciiquarium>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - asciiquarium: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/as/asciiquarium/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - asciiquarium - 1.1-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: asciiquarium from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An aquarium/sea animation in ASCII art | https://robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/html/
- dnf - asciiquarium - 1.1-29.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: asciiquarium from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | ASCII art aquarium/sea animation | http://www.robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/html/
- pacman - asciiquarium - 1.1-7: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: asciiquarium from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | An aquarium/sea animation in ASCII art | https://robobunny.com/projects/asciiquarium/html


## Combined YAML source

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