# macpine mit Homebrew, MacPorts, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für macpine in AI-Agent-Workflows.
## Installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:macpine
```
Weitere Installationsbefehle:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install macpine
```
Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install macpine
```
Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/macpine/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add alpine
```
Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install alpine
```
Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: alpine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install alpine
```
Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: alpine 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#alpine
```
Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/alpine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install alpine
```
Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: alpine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Paketfakten
- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:macpine
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Lightweight Linux VMs on MacOS
- **Homepage:**
- **Repository:**
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-29T17:04:49+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- alpine (Alias)
## Installationsverhalten
- Bottle: nicht verfügbar
## Version und Aktualität
- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.1.5
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
macpine is a macOS command-line tool for creating and managing lightweight Alpine Linux virtual machines. Its official documentation presents it as a way for macOS users to run small Linux environments with port forwarding, file sharing, bridged networking, and both aarch64 and x86_64 emulation.
### Projektgeschichte
The project is maintained by Bering Research and published from the official GitHub repository with generated MkDocs documentation. The README and site describe a focused goal: make Alpine Linux VMs easy to spin up on macOS for containerization, architecture testing, and software build workflows.
### Adoptionsgeschichte
macpine is distributed through package managers used by Mac developers, including Homebrew and MacPorts according to its official README and the supplied package facts. GitHub metadata shows a public project with releases, stars, forks, and a Go codebase, which points to a small but visible niche around local Linux-on-Mac workflows.
### Wie es verwendet wird
The installed command is `alpine`. Common workflows include `alpine launch` to create a VM, architecture and resource flags for customized instances, `alpine ssh` and `alpine exec` to enter or run commands, and `alpine publish` and `alpine import` for instance archive sharing.
### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
Package maintainers care about macpine because it packages a repeatable Alpine VM workflow behind a small CLI rather than asking users to wire together QEMU, networking, shared folders, and shell glue themselves. It is especially relevant on Apple Silicon, where architecture emulation and lightweight Linux test environments are common developer needs.
### Zeitleiste
- Public repository: Official GitHub repository tracks the project and its release tags.
- 2025: GitHub repository page lists v1.1.5 as the latest release on Oct 31, 2025.
### Related projects
- macpine is adjacent to QEMU, Alpine Linux, Docker, Incus, and LXD. Its documentation explicitly names containerization technologies as a reason to run tiny Alpine VM environments on macOS.
### Quellen
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- source_facts.package-manager
## Sicherheitshinweise
formula declares a Homebrew service.
- **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel
- formula declares a Homebrew service
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
- MacPorts - macpine: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/macpine/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - alpine: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: mail/alpine/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - alpine - 2.26+dfsg-3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: alpine from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful | https://alpineapp.email/
- Debian apt - alpine-doc - 2.26+dfsg-3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: alpine-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Text-based email client's documentation | https://alpineapp.email/
- Debian apt - alpine-pico - 2.26+dfsg-3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: alpine-pico from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client | https://alpineapp.email/
- Debian apt - pilot - 2.26+dfsg-3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: pilot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simple file browser from Alpine, a text-based email client | https://alpineapp.email/
- Nix - alpine: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/al/alpine/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - alpine - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/
- Ubuntu apt - alpine-doc - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Text-based email client's documentation | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/
- Ubuntu apt - alpine-pico - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: alpine-pico from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/
- Ubuntu apt - pilot - 2.26+dfsg-1build3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pilot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simple file browser from Alpine, a text-based email client | http://alpine.x10host.com/alpine/
- apk - alpine - 2.26-r5: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful | https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git
- apk - alpine-dbg - 2.26-r5: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful (debug symbols) | https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git
- apk - alpine-doc - 2.26-r5: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: alpine-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful (documentation) | https://repo.or.cz/alpine.git
- dnf - alpine - 2.26-24.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: alpine from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Powerful, easy to use console email client | https://alpineapp.email/
- zypper - alpine - 2.26-31.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: alpine from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Mail User Agent | https://alpineapp.email/
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/macpine.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/macpine.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