# gerbv mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gerbv
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gerbv
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gerbv
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gerbv
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install gerbv
```

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

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: gerbv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install gerbv
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gerbv
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.11.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Gerber (RS-274X) viewer
- **Homepage:** <https://gerbv.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-15T15:26:57+09:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gerbv (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.11.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Gerbv is a free/open-source viewer for Gerber RS-274X PCB artwork files, Excellon drill files, and CSV pick-and-place files. It also provides libgerbv, a library for parsing, editing, rendering, and exporting Gerber data in other programs.

### Projektgeschichte

Gerbv was originally developed as part of the gEDA Project, an umbrella effort for free electronic-design software. Its README identifies the project as one of the utilities affiliated with gEDA and lists early copyright years of 2001 and 2002 for Stefan Petersen and other original authors.

A later GitHub organization describes itself as a friendly maintained fork created after SourceForge development stalled with patches accumulating in trackers and mailing lists. That fork focuses mainly on bug fixes while preserving communication paths with the original gerbv and gEDA mailing lists.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Gerbv became useful in the open hardware and EDA ecosystem because Gerber and Excellon files are common manufacturing handoff formats for printed circuit boards. Its availability across Unix-like package managers made it a convenient inspection tool for designers and build pipelines.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Practitioners use Gerbv to open PCB fabrication outputs, inspect layers, drill files, and pick-and-place data, and render or export views for review. Developers use libgerbv when they need Gerber parsing, rendering, or export behavior inside another application.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-manager users, Gerbv is a compact EDA utility that solves a concrete manufacturing-file inspection problem without pulling in a full PCB design suite. Its library split also matters to distro maintainers because applications can depend on libgerbv for Gerber handling.

### Zeitleiste

- 2001-2002: Early Gerbv copyright years are listed for Stefan Petersen and original authors.
- gEDA era: Gerbv was developed as one of the gEDA Project utilities.
- 2021: The maintained GitHub fork repository was opened.

### Related projects

- gEDA, libgerbv, Gerber RS-274X, Excellon

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/gerbv/gerbv>
- <https://gerbv.github.io/>
- <https://gerbv.github.io/doc/>
- <https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gerbv/gerbv/main/README.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - gerbv - 2.10.0-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gerbv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Gerber file viewer (only RS 274 X format) | https://gerbv.github.io/
- Nix - gerbv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: gerbv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - gerbv - 2.10.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gerbv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Gerber file viewer (only RS 274 X format) | https://gerbv.github.io/
- dnf - gerbv - 2.13.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gerbv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Gerber file viewer from the gEDA toolkit | https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv
- dnf - gerbv-devel - 2.13.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gerbv-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Header files, libraries and development documentation for gerbv | https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv
- dnf - gerbv-doc - 2.13.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gerbv-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for gerbv | https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv
- zypper - gerbv - 2.13.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gerbv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Gerber File Viewer that supports the RS-274X Standard | http://gerbv.geda-project.org/
- zypper - gerbv-devel - 2.13.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gerbv-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Gerber File Viewer that supports the RS-274X Standard | http://gerbv.geda-project.org/
- zypper - libgerbv1 - 2.13.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libgerbv1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Gerber File Viewer library | http://gerbv.geda-project.org/
- MacPorts - gerbv: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: cad/gerbv/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/gerbv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gerbv.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
