# rmcast mit Homebrew installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:rmcast
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rmcast
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:rmcast
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** IP Multicast library
- **Homepage:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20250722003825/https://www.land.ufrj.br/tools/rmcast/rmcast.html>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-19T07:51:07-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mcastproxy (Alias)
- rmchat (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.0.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

rmcast packages RML, the Reliable Multicast Library, a free software library for reliable data transmission over IP multicast.

### Projektgeschichte

The official archived project page explains that IP multicast saves bandwidth by sending one packet across each physical link, but that UDP-based multicast lacks reliability. RML was developed to provide a reliable multicast environment and was distributed under the QPL.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The project appears to have been a niche academic and systems-networking library rather than a broad user-facing tool. Homebrew packaging keeps the library and the `mcastproxy` and `rmchat` executables installable for legacy multicast experiments.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package-level usage centers on the reliable multicast library and the shipped command-line programs `mcastproxy` and `rmchat`; the official project page says the release tarballs included a manual.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

rmcast is notable to package maintainers as a preserved multicast library with old release tarballs, bundled manual material, and QPL licensing. It represents the kind of specialized networking code that survives mostly through Unix package collections.

### Zeitleiste

- 2004: Version 1.5 released on 2004-09-26.
- 2005: Version 1.6 released on 2005-12-14.
- 2006: Versions 1.7 and 1.8 released.
- 2008: Version 1.9 released on 2008-05-01.
- 2009: Version 2.0.0 released on 2009-08-06.

### Related projects

- Related technologies include IP multicast, UDP, reliable multicast protocols, `mcastproxy`, and `rmchat`.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/rmcast.json>
- <https://web.archive.org/web/20250722003825/https://www.land.ufrj.br/tools/rmcast/rmcast.html>
- source_facts.executables


## Sicherheitshinweise

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- library-like package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph