# gnu-apl mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gnu-apl in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:gnu-apl
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install gnu-apl
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install gnu-apl
```
Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: lang/gnu-apl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add gnu-apl
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnu-apl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gtk-server
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gt/gtk-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gnu-apl
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.9
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** GNU implementation of the programming language APL
- **Homepage:**
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-13T23:34:56+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- AP100 (Alias)
- AP210 (Alias)
- APserver (Alias)
- Gtk_server (Alias)
- apl (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.9
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
GNU APL is the GNU Project's free interpreter for APL, aimed at ISO/IEC 13751 Extended APL compatibility while adding practical Unix-style features such as scripting, shared variables, file I/O, SQL access, plotting, JSON handling, and GTK integration.
### Projektgeschichte
Juergen Sauermann announced GNU APL 1.0 on the GNU info list in September 2013 after several years of development, describing it as a GNU implementation of the ISO 13751 APL standard with nested arrays, complex numbers, and shared variables. The project kept its source on GNU Savannah and later shifted from occasional tarball releases to repository-based bug-fix distribution after the 1.9 release line.
The interpreter evolved as a large C++ codebase rather than a minimal language experiment. Its manual frames GNU APL as an APL interpreter plus GNU-specific extensions, and the home page points users to a quick tour, a reference manual, Doxygen-generated source documentation, and Savannah repositories for routine development use.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
GNU APL serves the small but persistent APL community that wants a free software implementation available through GNU mirrors, source repositories, Debian packages, and ports for GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS, and Windows environments. The project also hosts a community page that collects contributed workspaces, libraries, editor modes, bindings, SQL interfaces, plotting tools, and ports.
Its ecosystem significance comes less from mass adoption and more from preservation: it gives package managers and free software distributions a maintained, source-available APL implementation with Unicode support and documented extensions.
### Wie es verwendet wird
Practitioners use GNU APL interactively from a terminal, as a script interpreter, and as a host for APL workspaces. Typical uses include exploring array-oriented algorithms, running old or portable APL code, writing compact data-processing scripts, testing ISO APL behavior, and using GNU APL's non-standard system functions for files, databases, graphics, JSON, and native integrations.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
For package maintainers, GNU APL is notable because it packages a historically specialized language in the familiar GNU Autotools and Savannah ecosystem. It also carries practical platform concerns that package builders care about, including APL glyph fonts, keyboard mappings, terminal behavior, and optional integrations.
### Zeitleiste
- 2013: GNU APL 1.0 announced on the GNU info list.
- 2014: GNU APL community page documented contributed libraries, ports, and workspaces.
- After 1.9: GNU APL release practice moved toward repository-delivered bug fixes.
### Related projects
- APL2 and ISO/IEC 13751 define the language family and standard GNU APL targets.
- GNU Savannah hosts the project's official source repositories.
- Community projects include GNU APL editor integrations, APL package/library collections, SQL bindings, plotting tools, Android porting work, and keyboard helpers.
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## Sicherheitshinweise
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.
- **Geiger-Risiko:** yellow / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- apk - gnu-apl - 1.9-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnu-apl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | GNU interpreter for the programming language APL | https://www.gnu.org/software/apl/
- apk - gnu-apl-dev - 1.9-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnu-apl-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | GNU interpreter for the programming language APL (development files) | https://www.gnu.org/software/apl/
- apk - gnu-apl-doc - 1.9-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gnu-apl-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | GNU interpreter for the programming language APL (documentation) | https://www.gnu.org/software/apl/
- MacPorts - gnu-apl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/gnu-apl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - gtk-server: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gt/gtk-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - gtk-server - 2.4.6-r2: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gtk-server from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interpreted GUI Programming for GTK | https://www.gtk-server.org/
- apk - gtk-server-doc - 2.4.6-r2: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gtk-server-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interpreted GUI Programming for GTK (documentation) | https://www.gtk-server.org/
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gnu-apl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gnu-apl.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