# mpage mit Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:mpage
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mpage
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mpage
```

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

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mpage
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpage from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:mpage
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.5.8
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Many to one page printing utility
- **Homepage:** <https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/README>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mpage (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.5.8
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

mpage is a command-line printing utility that reduces and prints multiple pages of text on one physical sheet for PostScript-compatible printers, with limited support for doing the same to PostScript input files.

### Projektgeschichte

The official source README credits Mark P. Hahn for the original 1988 copyright and Marcel J. E. Mol for 1994-2004 maintenance. The MESA-hosted directory distributes release tarballs including 2.5.5, 2.5.7, and 2.5.8, plus short release metadata files.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

mpage belongs to the classic Unix print-filter toolchain: it is useful in scripts and pipelines where a print dialog's n-up option is not available or where PostScript output must be transformed before printing.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The official README says a basic build is usually just make, while noting that maintainers may adjust Makefile defaults such as PAGESIZE. Example uses include printing source files, 8-up output, and piping formatted man-page output through mpage.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care about mpage because it preserves a small, scriptable PostScript-era workflow: text in, compact printable output out, with no desktop printing stack required.

### Zeitleiste

- 1988: Original copyright credited to Mark P. Hahn.
- 1994: Marcel J. E. Mol maintenance period begins, according to the official README copyright notice.
- 2017: MESA directory publishes mpage 2.5.7.
- 2023: MESA directory publishes mpage 2.5.8.

### Quellen

- <https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/>
- <https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/README>
- <https://mesa.nl/pub/mpage/mpage-2.5.7.tgz>
- source_facts.description
- source_facts.homepage


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- dnf - mpage - 2.5.7-25.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpage from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A tool for printing multiple pages of text on each printed page | http://www.mesa.nl/pub/mpage/
- MacPorts - mpage: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: print/mpage/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/mpage.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mpage.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