# ext4fuse mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ext4fuse in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ext4fuse
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ext4fuse
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ext4fuse
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: fuse/ext4fuse/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ext4fuse
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/ext4fuse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ext4fuse
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Read-only implementation of ext4 for FUSE
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-21T14:54:22-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ext4fuse (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.1.3
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ext4fuse is a read-only EXT4 implementation for FUSE, originally motivated by reading Linux partitions from OS X while also working on other FUSE implementations.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in 2010 and describes ext4fuse as an EXT4 implementation for FUSE. The README emphasizes read-only access as a deliberate safety property and documents tested or expected use on OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packages. The README itself recommends Homebrew installation for OS X and FreeBSD ports for FreeBSD users, showing a package-manager-oriented adoption path from the project's own documentation.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The README documents mounting an ext4 partition with 'ext4fuse <device> <mountpoint>', compiling with make or gmake, and collecting logs for bug reports with the FUSE logfile option.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

ext4fuse is the kind of small system utility package users install when they need one specific cross-filesystem bridge. Its read-only design lowers the risk of exposing Linux ext4 volumes on macOS and other FUSE-capable systems.

### Zeitleiste

- 2010: GitHub API reports gerard/ext4fuse repository creation.
- 2010s: README documents OS X Homebrew and FreeBSD ports installation paths.
- 2020: Recent commits include fixes for sparse-file read handling.
- 2021: GitHub API reports the latest repository push in April 2021.

### Related projects

- ext4fuse depends on FUSE and pkg-config for builds.
- The README references osxfuse/fuse4x style FUSE implementations and FreeBSD ports packaging.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/gerard/ext4fuse>
- <https://github.com/gerard/ext4fuse#readme>
- 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 - ext4fuse: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ex/ext4fuse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - ext4fuse: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: fuse/ext4fuse/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/ext4fuse.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ext4fuse.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