# cfitsio mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt, winget installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:cfitsio
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cfitsio
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install cfitsio
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: science/cfitsio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add cfitsio
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install cfitsio
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cfitsio 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#cfitsio
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cfitsio
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install cfitsio
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cfitsio from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fitsverify
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: fitsverify from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libcfitsio-bin
```

  Evidenz: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcfitsio-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id kooyoseb.VideoSpeedConversionTool -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: kooyoseb.VideoSpeedConversionTool from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:cfitsio
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.6.4
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** C access to FITS data files with optional Fortran wrappers
- **Homepage:** <https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fitscopy (Alias)
- fitsverify (Alias)
- fpack (Alias)
- funpack (Alias)
- imcopy (Alias)
- smem (Alias)
- speed (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 4.6.4
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

CFITSIO is NASA HEASARC's machine-independent C library for reading and writing FITS astronomy data files, with Fortran-callable wrappers and command-line utilities such as `fitscopy`, `fitsverify`, `fpack`, and `funpack`.

### Projektgeschichte

The CFITSIO User's Reference Guide says the package was initially developed by HEASARC to convert various high-energy astrophysics data sets into FITS format and to analyze data already in FITS format. The guide also documents that the Fortran wrappers replaced an older Fortran FITSIO interface.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The input package facts show CFITSIO packaged across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE ecosystems. That breadth matches its role as a shared astronomy data I/O dependency rather than a single application.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The README documents the standard Unix build flow with `./configure`, `make`, `make check`, and `make install`, plus CMake support. The User's Guide documents every user-callable routine, while bundled utilities cover copying, verifying, compressing, and unpacking FITS files.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

CFITSIO is the kind of package that quietly props up a scientific stack: a C ABI, headers, shared libraries, Fortran wrappers, and utility binaries that downstream astronomy tools expect to find in system package managers.

### Zeitleiste

- Initial development: HEASARC developed CFITSIO for high-energy astrophysics FITS conversion and analysis.
- CFITSIO 2.0: User's Guide notes plug-in I/O drivers introduced in v2.0.
- 2023: Official GitHub repository metadata records public repository creation.
- 2026: Official release metadata shows CFITSIO 4.6.4.

### Related projects

- FTOOLS is called out by the User's Guide as a related package for manipulating and analyzing FITS files.
- CCFITS is the C++ interface associated with CFITSIO support contacts.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/HEASARC/cfitsio>
- <https://github.com/HEASARC/cfitsio>
- <https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html>
- <https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio>
- <https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/c/c_user/cfitsio.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cfitsio.json>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - fitsverify - 4.22+cfitsio4.6.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fitsverify from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | transitional dummy package | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Debian apt - libcfitsio-bin - 4.6.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcfitsio-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CFITSIO based utilities | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Debian apt - libcfitsio-dev - 4.6.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcfitsio-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for I/O with FITS format data files (development files) | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Debian apt - libcfitsio-doc - 4.6.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcfitsio-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | documentation for CFITSIO | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Debian apt - libcfitsio10t64 - 4.6.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcfitsio10t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | shared library for I/O with FITS format data files | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Nix - cfitsio: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cf/cfitsio/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libcfitsio-bin - 4.3.1-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcfitsio-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CFITSIO based utilities | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Ubuntu apt - libcfitsio-dev - 4.3.1-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcfitsio-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for I/O with FITS format data files (development files) | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Ubuntu apt - libcfitsio-doc - 4.3.1-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcfitsio-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | documentation for CFITSIO | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- Ubuntu apt - libcfitsio10t64 - 4.3.1-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcfitsio10t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | shared library for I/O with FITS format data files | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
- apk - cfitsio - 4.6.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cfitsio from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library reading and writing data files in Flexible Image Transport System data format | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/
- apk - cfitsio-dev - 4.6.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cfitsio-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library reading and writing data files in Flexible Image Transport System data format (development files) | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/
- dnf - cfitsio - 4.6.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cfitsio from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library for manipulating FITS data files | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/
- dnf - cfitsio-devel - 4.6.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cfitsio-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Headers required when building programs against cfitsio | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/
- dnf - cfitsio-docs - 4.6.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cfitsio-docs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for cfitsio | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/
- dnf - cfitsio-static - 4.6.4-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cfitsio-static from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Static cfitsio library | https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/


## Combined YAML source

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