# icarus-verilog mit Homebrew, winget, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:icarus-verilog
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install icarus-verilog
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install iverilog
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add iverilog
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install iverilog
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install iverilog
```

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S iverilog
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: iverilog from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install iverilog
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Icarus.Verilog -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: Icarus.Verilog from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install iverilog
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: iverilog from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.928','obs-virtualcam'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/iverilog
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:icarus-verilog
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 13.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Verilog simulation and synthesis tool
- **Homepage:** <https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/steveicarus/iverilog>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-27T18:09:14-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- iverilog (Alias)
- iverilog-vpi (Alias)
- vvp (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 13.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Icarus Verilog is a long-running free Verilog compiler and simulation toolchain. It compiles Verilog and a growing subset of SystemVerilog, usually emitting `vvp` bytecode that is then executed by the `vvp` runtime.

### Projektgeschichte

The project README describes Icarus Verilog as a compiler for the IEEE 1364 Verilog HDL, with partial IEEE 1800 SystemVerilog support, and emphasizes that it is a compiler whose generated code is handled by back-end tools rather than a monolithic traditional simulator.

Its source tree carries a 2000-2026 Stephen Williams copyright line, and its release tags span early 0.8/0.9 series tags through v13_0. The documentation site includes user, target, and developer manuals, reflecting a tool that has accumulated both end-user workflows and internal extension points over decades.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Icarus Verilog is widely packaged across Unix-like and developer package ecosystems, including Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE according to the input package metadata. That spread mirrors its role as an accessible simulator for students, hobbyists, CI jobs, and open hardware projects.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The basic workflow is to compile Verilog sources with `iverilog -o output input.v` and run the compiled result with `vvp output`. The documentation also covers command files for larger designs, root module selection, waveform viewing, VPI modules, multiple code-generation targets, and developer internals.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Icarus Verilog is one of the canonical open-source EDA packages: old enough to have autotools-era build expectations, important enough to appear in nearly every serious package set, and small enough to be a default answer when a package manager needs a Verilog simulator for tests or education.

### Zeitleiste

- 2000: Source tree copyright range begins for Stephen Williams's Icarus Verilog codebase.
- 2006: Public tags include v8-s20060822 and the 0.8/0.9 release line.
- 2010s: v10 and v11 tags mark continued evolution of the compiler/runtime toolchain.
- 2020s: v12_0 and v13_0 tags mark later standard-conformance, diagnostics, and runtime stability work.

### Related projects

- Related tools and concepts include Verilog HDL, SystemVerilog, IEEE 1364, IEEE 1800, VPI, waveform viewers, open-source EDA flows, and the `vvp` runtime shipped with Icarus Verilog.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/icarus-verilog>
- <https://github.com/steveicarus/iverilog>
- <https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/>
- <https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/releases/v13-0-release-note.html>
- <https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/usage/getting_started.html>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- winget - Icarus.Verilog: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Icarus.Verilog from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- MacPorts - iverilog: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: science/iverilog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - iverilog - 12.0-2+b1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: iverilog from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Icarus verilog compiler | http://iverilog.icarus.com
- Nix - iverilog: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/iv/iverilog/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - iverilog - 12.0-2build2: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iverilog from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Icarus verilog compiler | http://iverilog.icarus.com
- apk - iverilog - 13.0-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iverilog from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Icarus Verilog compiler and simulation tool | https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/
- apk - iverilog-dev - 13.0-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iverilog-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Icarus Verilog compiler and simulation tool (development files) | https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/
- apk - iverilog-doc - 13.0-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: iverilog-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Icarus Verilog compiler and simulation tool (documentation) | https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/
- dnf - iverilog - 13.0-8.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iverilog from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Icarus Verilog is a verilog compiler and simulator | https://github.com/steveicarus/iverilog
- dnf - iverilog-devel - 13.0-8.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iverilog-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Header files for Icarus Verilog development | https://github.com/steveicarus/iverilog
- dnf - iverilog-static - 13.0-8.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: iverilog-static from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Static libraries for Icarus Verilog development | https://github.com/steveicarus/iverilog
- pacman - iverilog - 13.0-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: iverilog from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Icarus Verilog compiler and simulation tool | https://github.com/steveicarus/iverilog
- zypper - iverilog - 13.0-1.4: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iverilog from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Simulation and synthesis tool for IEEE-1364 | https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/
- zypper - iverilog-devel - 13.0-1.4: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iverilog-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Icarus Verilog development files | https://steveicarus.github.io/iverilog/
- Chocolatey - iverilog: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: iverilog from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.928','obs-virtualcam'
- Scoop - main/iverilog: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/iverilog.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/icarus-verilog.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/icarus-verilog.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