# gnu-typist mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, scoop installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gnu-typist
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gnu-typist
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gtypist
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add gtypist
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gtypist
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install gtypist
```

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

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install gtypist
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/gtypist
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gtypist.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gnu-typist
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.10.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** GNU typing tutor
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-19T12:31:20-07:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gtypist (Alias)
- typefortune (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.10.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GNU Typist, also known as gtypist, is a terminal typing tutor from the GNU Project. It combines a curses-based practice program with lesson files, keyboard-layout support, and a small lesson scripting language so users and teachers can adapt drills rather than consume a fixed course.

### Projektgeschichte

GNU FTP records gtypist releases from the early 2000s, with version 2.5 appearing in 2002 and a long release line through the 2.8, 2.9, and 2.10 series. The GNU project page presents it as an official GNU package and emphasizes text-mode portability across GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd, Unix variants, and Windows builds using PDCurses and MinGW.

The project evolved around international lessons and modifiable tutorials. The GNU page lists lessons for several languages and keyboard layouts, and describes the tutorial format as a simple scripting language that contributors can write directly or submit as plain text for conversion.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

GNU Typist is niche compared with graphical typing tutors, but it has remained packageable because it fits Unix education environments: it runs in a terminal, depends on curses, and stores lessons as text. Its ecosystem role is strongest in free-software education, multilingual practice material, and lightweight lab or remote-shell setups.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users run gtypist to navigate lessons, practice drills, and track errors and speed in a keyboard-focused interface. Teachers and contributors use the lesson format to create new tutorials, localize exercises, or adapt material for QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, and non-English practice.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

The appeal is that a typing tutor can be packaged like any other GNU terminal tool: source tarballs, info/man documentation, curses portability, and lesson files that can be inspected and patched. It is a small example of GNU treating educational software as hackable text.

### Zeitleiste

- 2002: GNU FTP archive lists gtypist 2.5.
- 2008: GNU FTP archive lists the 2.8 series.
- 2011: GNU FTP archive lists the 2.9 series.
- 2025: GNU FTP archive lists the 2.10.1 release.

### Related projects

- Related projects include other free typing tutors named by the GNU page, such as KTouch, Tux Typing, Typespeed, and dvorak7min, plus curses and PDCurses for terminal interfaces.

### Quellen

- <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gtypist/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/doc/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- MacPorts - gtypist: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: games/gtypist/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - gtypist - 2.9.5-4: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: gtypist from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple ncurses touch typing tutor | https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/
- Nix - gtypist: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gt/gtypist/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gtypist - 2.9.5-3build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gtypist from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple ncurses touch typing tutor | http://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/
- apk - gtypist - 2.10.1-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gtypist from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Universal typing tutor | https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/gtypist.html
- apk - gtypist-doc - 2.10.1-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gtypist-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Universal typing tutor (documentation) | https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/gtypist.html
- apk - gtypist-lang - 2.10.1-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gtypist-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package gtypist | https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/gtypist.html
- dnf - gtypist - 2.10.1-4.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gtypist from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GNU typing tutor | https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/
- zypper - gtypist - 2.10.1-1.5: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gtypist from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Universal typing tutor | http://gnu.org/software/gtypist/
- zypper - gtypist-lang - 2.10.1-1.5: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gtypist-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Language files for package gtypist | http://gnu.org/software/gtypist/
- Scoop - main/gtypist: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gtypist.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


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- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph