# build2 mit Homebrew, dnf, Nix, winget installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für build2 in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:build2 ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install build2 ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install build2 ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: build2 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#build2 ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bu/build2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id build2.build2.MSVC -e ``` Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: build2.build2.MSVC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:build2 - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.18.1 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** C/C++ Build Toolchain - **Homepage:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-27T13:57:07Z - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - b (Alias) - bdep (Alias) - bpkg (Alias) - bx (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 0.18.1 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung build2 is a cross-platform, MIT-licensed C/C++ build toolchain made of a build system, package manager, project manager, and supporting libraries. ### Projektgeschichte The build2 project started in the mid-2010s with documentation copyright dating from 2014 and public toolchain tags beginning at 0.1.0. Its stated goal is to approximate Rust Cargo's convenience for C and C++ while keeping enough depth for complex real-world build requirements. The toolchain is intentionally hierarchical: `b` is the general-purpose build system, `bpkg` handles package consumption, and `bdep` handles project development. The `build2-toolchain` repository is an amalgamation used to build and package those components together. ### Adoptionsgeschichte build2 has remained a specialist C/C++ toolchain rather than a default ecosystem standard like CMake, but its own community page says it is used for real development and cites customer-facing software such as ODB and XSD. The project also maintains cppget.org as its package repository. It is packaged by Homebrew, Nix, Fedora-style `bdep` packages, and Windows winget according to the input. Upstream development happens in self-hosted git repositories on git.build2.org with GitHub mirrors for collaboration. ### Wie es verwendet wird Users typically create or initialize projects with `bdep`, build with `b`, and consume dependencies with `bpkg`. The documented configuration surface includes project-local `build/config.build`, `.build2/` state, `.build2/local/`, user-level `~/.build2/`, and system-level `/etc/build2/` locations. The toolchain is aimed primarily at C/C++ and mixed-language projects involving C or C++, though the project describes a longer-term universal build-toolchain goal. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren build2 is significant because it is one of the more complete attempts to give C and C++ a Cargo-like combined build, package, and project-management workflow without hiding the complexity needed by native-code builds. For package managers, it is also recursive in an interesting way: the build2 toolchain is used for its own development, and the upstream amalgamation repository exists specifically to make source builds and binary packaging of the whole toolchain practical. ### Zeitleiste - 2014: build2 documentation copyright begins, marking the early public project era. - 2010s: Public 0.x toolchain tags began with 0.1.0 and evolved through the pre-1.0 series. - 2018: The project pointed users to a CppCon 2018 presentation as a toolchain overview. - 2020s: The community page described build2 as in the final stage of pre-1.0 development and already used in projects such as ODB and XSD. - 2026: The Toolchain Introduction metadata showed version 0.18 and copyright through 2026. ### Related projects - Cargo is the explicit convenience benchmark named by the build2 homepage. - CMake and Autotools are common neighboring C/C++ build-system incumbents, though build2 packages build, dependency, and project management together. - cppget.org is the build2 package repository referenced by the project community page. ### Quellen - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Sicherheitshinweise generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger-Risiko:** yellow / mittel - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: build/config.build, .build2/, .build2/local/, ~/.build2/, /etc/build2/ ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - build2: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bu/build2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - bdep - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bdep from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 project dependency manager | https://build2.org/ - dnf - bdep-doc - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bdep-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | bdep documentation | https://build2.org/ - dnf - bpkg - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bpkg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 package dependency manager | https://build2.org/ - dnf - bpkg-doc - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bpkg-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | bpkg documentation | https://build2.org/ - dnf - build2 - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: build2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Cross-platform build toolchain for developing and packaging C++ code | https://build2.org/ - dnf - build2-doc - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: build2-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 documentation | https://build2.org/ - dnf - build2-rpm-macros - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: build2-rpm-macros from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 RPM macros | https://build2.org/ - dnf - libbpkg - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libbpkg from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 package dependency manager library | https://build2.org/ - dnf - libbpkg-devel - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libbpkg-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for build2 package dependency manager library | https://build2.org/ - dnf - libbuild2 - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libbuild2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 library | https://build2.org/ - dnf - libbuild2-devel - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libbuild2-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for build2 library | https://build2.org/ - dnf - libbutl - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libbutl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | build2 utility library | https://build2.org/ - dnf - libbutl-devel - 0.17.0-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libbutl-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for build2 utility library | https://build2.org/ - winget - build2.build2.MSVC: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: build2.build2.MSVC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - build2.build2.MinGW: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: build2.build2.MinGW from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/build2.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/build2.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph