# bvi mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für bvi in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:bvi
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install bvi
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install bvi
```
Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: editors/bvi/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add bvi
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bvi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install bvi
```
Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: bvi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install bvi
```
Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bvi 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#bvi
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bv/bvi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install bvi
```
Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bvi from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:bvi
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Vi-like binary file (hex) editor
- **Homepage:**
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- bmore (Alias)
- bvedit (Alias)
- bvi (Alias)
- bview (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.5.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
bvi is a vi-style binary and hex editor by Gerhard Buergmann. It keeps the modal, command-oriented feel of vi while treating files as byte streams rather than text lines.
### Projektgeschichte
The official home page describes bvi as a display-oriented editor for binary files, based on the vi text editor, and notes that the package also includes the bmore viewer. The README in the official GitHub repository identifies Gerhard Buergmann as the author and states that bvi is distributed under the GPL.
The project has a long SourceForge release history: the download page lists 1.3.0 in 2001, 1.3.1 in 2002, 1.3.2 in 2004, 1.4.x releases in 2014, 2019, and 2023, and 1.5.0 as the stable release in 2025.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
bvi spread through traditional Unix packaging channels because it solves a small but durable problem: editing binary files from a terminal with vi muscle memory. The official download page links to Debian, FreeBSD, Fedora, MacPorts, HP-UX, Solaris, Cygwin, and older static Linux executables; the supplied package facts also show Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, Ubuntu, and zypper packaging.
### Wie es verwendet wird
bvi is used for direct inspection and patching of binary files. Its manpage explains the three-pane display with byte offsets, hex bytes, and printable characters, byte-offset ranges instead of line ranges, hex search commands, read-only mode, partial file loading, and startup commands via BVIINIT, ~/.bvirc, or ./.bvirc.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
bvi is a classic small Unix utility: curses-based, vi-shaped, and useful when heavyweight GUI hex editors are unavailable. Its packaging significance comes from portability and from the fact that it preserves vi semantics in a domain where line-oriented editor assumptions break.
### Zeitleiste
- 2001: bvi 1.3.0 source release is listed on the official download page.
- 2004: bvi 1.3.2 source and RPM-era packages are listed.
- 2014: bvi 1.4.0 source release is listed.
- 2023: bvi 1.4.2 source release is listed.
- 2025: bvi 1.5.0 is listed as the current stable release.
### Related projects
- vi is the command model bvi adapts for binary editing.
- bmore is the binary viewer included with bvi.
- Other hex editors occupy the same niche, but bvi is distinct for keeping vi-style modal editing.
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## Sicherheitshinweise
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## 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: ~/.bvirc, ./.bvirc
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- Debian apt - bvi - 1.4.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bvi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | binary file editor | https://bvi.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - bvi: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bv/bvi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - bvi - 1.4.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bvi from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | binary file editor | https://bvi.sourceforge.net/
- apk - bvi - 1.5.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bvi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Display-oriented editor for binary files based on vi | https://bvi.sourceforge.net/
- apk - bvi-doc - 1.5.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: bvi-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Display-oriented editor for binary files based on vi (documentation) | https://bvi.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - bvi - 1.5.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: bvi from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Display-oriented editor for binary files | http://bvi.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - bvi - 1.5.0-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: bvi from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Editor for binary files | https://bvi.sourceforge.net
- MacPorts - bvi: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/bvi/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/bvi.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bvi.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