# ola mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:ola
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ola
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ola
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ola
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ola
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ola
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.10.9
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Open Lighting Architecture for lighting control information
- **Homepage:** <https://www.openlighting.org/ola/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-11T09:50:47+09:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ola_artnet (Alias)
- ola_dev_info (Alias)
- ola_dmxconsole (Alias)
- ola_dmxmonitor (Alias)
- ola_e131 (Alias)
- ola_patch (Alias)
- ola_plugin_info (Alias)
- ola_plugin_state (Alias)
- ola_rdm_discover (Alias)
- ola_rdm_get (Alias)
- ola_rdm_set (Alias)
- ola_recorder (Alias)
- ola_set_dmx (Alias)
- ola_set_priority (Alias)
- ola_streaming_client (Alias)
- ola_timecode (Alias)
- ola_trigger (Alias)
- ola_uni_info (Alias)
- ola_uni_merge (Alias)
- ola_uni_name (Alias)
- ola_uni_stats (Alias)
- ola_usbpro (Alias)
- olad (Alias)
- rdmpro_sniffer (Alias)
- usbpro_firmware (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.10.9
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Open Lighting Architecture, packaged as ola, is a C++ framework and daemon for entertainment-lighting control. It abstracts DMX512, RDM, Art-Net, sACN, USB DMX interfaces, and related protocols so lighting software can generate control data without implementing every transport and hardware backend itself.

### Projektgeschichte

OLA began within the Open Lighting Project. The project's history page records the first linux-lighting mailing-list post on 2008-07-21 and the 2009-07-28 rename from LLA, Linux Lighting Architecture, to OLA, Open Lighting Architecture, because the software had grown beyond Linux.

The project moved repositories to GitHub on 2013-12-24 after outgrowing its previous hosting site. The OpenLightingProject/ola repository was created on GitHub on 2013-12-16, matching that migration period.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

OLA's adoption is tied to the open-source lighting-control community and to the practical difficulty of speaking many fixture, network, and USB protocols. Official documentation describes OLA as a framework library, a C++ client API, and the olad main program; the public site emphasizes standalone protocol conversion, API-backed lighting software, and ARM platforms for low-cost Ethernet-to-DMX gateways.

Its packaging across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu as libola-dev, MacPorts, Nix, and FreeBSD reflects a cross-platform tool used by developers and integrators rather than a single desktop application. It also appears in hardware and media-art contexts such as Raspberry Pi DMX gateways, Pure Data bridges, and embedded-lighting presentations.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Operators run olad as a service, patch universes to physical or network outputs, monitor DMX values, discover and configure RDM devices, and use command-line tools such as ola_dmxconsole, ola_patch, ola_rdm_get, ola_rdm_set, and ola_set_dmx. Developers use libola and client bindings as a backend for controllers and protocol gateways.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

OLA is package-nerd catnip because it turns a messy physical-protocol world into a daemon, libraries, and many tiny CLIs. It is also a reminder that package managers do not only distribute web and developer tools; they preserve infrastructure for theaters, clubs, art installations, churches, hobby rigs, and embedded gateways.

### Zeitleiste

- 2008-07-21: The first linux-lighting mailing-list status post was sent.
- 2009-07-28: LLA was renamed to OLA to reflect operation beyond Linux.
- 2013-12-24: The Open Lighting Project announced its move to GitHub.
- 2014-01-09: Simon Newton presented the Open Lighting Project at linux.conf.au 2014.
- 2026-07-01: GitHub repository metadata reported 736 stars, 227 forks, C++ as the primary language, and the repository description 'The Travel Adaptor for the Lighting Industry.'

### Related projects

- Related projects include Open Fixture Library, libartnet, Open Lighting Embedded, RDM responder testing tools, Art-Net, sACN, DMX512, RDM, and USB DMX hardware from vendors such as Enttec and DMXKing.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/OpenLightingProject/ola>
- <https://docs.openlighting.org/doc/latest/index.html>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ola>
- <https://github.com/OpenLightingProject/ola>
- <https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/ola-rdm-tests>
- <https://wiki.openlighting.org/index.php/Open_Lighting_Architecture>
- <https://www.openlighting.org/ola/>
- <https://www.openlighting.org/ola/get-help/media/>
- <https://www.openlighting.org/openlightingproject/about/history/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** red / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - libola-dev - 0.10.9.nojsmin-7.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libola-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Open Lighting Architecture - development libraries | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Debian apt - libola1t64 - 0.10.9.nojsmin-7.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libola1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Open Lighting Architecture - shared libraries | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Debian apt - ola - 0.10.9.nojsmin-7.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ola from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Open Lighting Architecture | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Debian apt - ola-python - 0.10.9.nojsmin-7.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ola-python from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Open Lighting Architecture - Python Classes | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Debian apt - ola-rdm-tests - 0.10.9.nojsmin-7.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ola-rdm-tests from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Open Lighting Architecture - RDM Responder Tests | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Nix - ola: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ol/ola/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libola-dev - 0.10.9.nojsmin-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libola-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Open Lighting Architecture - development libraries | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Ubuntu apt - libola1t64 - 0.10.9.nojsmin-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libola1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Open Lighting Architecture - shared libraries | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Ubuntu apt - ola - 0.10.9.nojsmin-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ola from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Open Lighting Architecture | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Ubuntu apt - ola-python - 0.10.9.nojsmin-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ola-python from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Open Lighting Architecture - Python Classes | https://www.openlighting.org/
- Ubuntu apt - ola-rdm-tests - 0.10.9.nojsmin-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ola-rdm-tests from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Open Lighting Architecture - RDM Responder Tests | https://www.openlighting.org/
- MacPorts - ola: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/ola/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/ola.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ola.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