# gcovr mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gcovr in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:gcovr
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install gcovr
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install gcovr
```
Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: devel/gcovr/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add gcovr
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gcovr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install gcovr
```
Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: gcovr from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install gcovr
```
Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcovr 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#gcovr
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gc/gcovr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S gcovr
```
Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: gcovr from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install gcovr
```
Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gcovr from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gcovr
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 8.6
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Reports from gcov test coverage program
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- gcovr (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 8.6
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
gcovr is a Python-based coverage reporting tool for GCC/gcov data. It turns compiler coverage output into human and machine-readable reports, including text, HTML, CSV, JSON, Cobertura, Coveralls, SonarQube, JaCoCo, and LCOV formats.
### Projektgeschichte
The official changelog traces gcovr releases back to version 2.0 on 22 August 2010. The current GitHub repository was created in May 2013 and describes the project as generating code coverage reports with gcc/gcov.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
gcovr became a common packaging target because it sits at a practical boundary between C/C++ test builds and CI coverage dashboards. Its documentation focuses on command-line operation, configuration files, filtering, reproducible timestamps, and multiple report formats, which are all package-manager-friendly workflows.
### Wie es verwendet wird
Typical use is to compile code with coverage flags, run tests, and invoke gcovr from a project root to collect gcov data and emit reports. The configuration file support lets repeatable coverage options live in a repository instead of only in CI shell scripts.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
gcovr matters because it gives gcov users a single small CLI for report formats expected by CI systems and code-quality services. It is a bridge package: not a compiler, not a test framework, but the adapter that makes compiler-native coverage data useful to modern automation.
### Zeitleiste
- 2010: The official changelog records gcovr 2.0.
- 2013: GitHub records the gcovr repository creation.
- 2018: gcovr 4.0 appears in the official changelog.
- 2021: gcovr 5.0 appears in the official changelog.
- 2024: gcovr 8.0 appears in the official changelog.
- 2026: gcovr 8.6 is documented with Python 3.14 support and Python 3.9 support dropped.
### Related projects
- GCC and gcov provide the compiler and raw coverage data that gcovr processes.
- LCOV, Cobertura, Coveralls, SonarQube, and JaCoCo are report ecosystems supported by gcovr output formats.
- Python is the implementation and packaging ecosystem for the gcovr CLI.
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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: gcovr.cfg in the -r/--root directory
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- Debian apt - gcovr - 7.2+really-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gcovr from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Manages the compilation of coverage information from gcov | http://gcovr.com/
- Nix - gcovr: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gc/gcovr/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gcovr - 7.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gcovr from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Manages the compilation of coverage information from gcov | http://gcovr.com/
- apk - gcovr - 8.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gcovr from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Generates a simple report that summarizes the gcc code coverage | http://gcovr.com/
- apk - gcovr-pyc - 8.6-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gcovr-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for gcovr | http://gcovr.com/
- dnf - gcovr - 8.6-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcovr from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A code coverage report generator using GNU gcov | https://gcovr.com/
- dnf - gcovr-doc - 8.6-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcovr-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation of gcovr | https://gcovr.com/
- pacman - gcovr - 8.6-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gcovr from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | provides a utility for managing the use of the GNU gcov utility | https://gcovr.com/
- zypper - gcovr - 6.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gcovr from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A code coverage report generator using GNU gcov | https://gcovr.com/
- zypper - gcovr-doc - 6.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gcovr-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Documentation of gcovr | https://gcovr.com/
- MacPorts - gcovr: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/gcovr/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/gcovr.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gcovr.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