# suite-sparse mit Homebrew, apt, zypper installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:suite-sparse
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install suite-sparse
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install suitesparse-mongoose
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install suitesparse_mongoose
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:suite-sparse
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.12.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Suite of Sparse Matrix Software
- **Homepage:** <https://people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-28T02:03:12Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- suitesparse_mongoose (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 7.12.3
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

SuiteSparse is a long-running suite of sparse-matrix algorithms and libraries by Tim Davis and collaborators. For package managers it is a classic scientific-computing dependency: users may only notice one binary, but many numerical, graph, and language ecosystems care about the libraries underneath.

### Projektgeschichte

The official SuiteSparse page describes a collection including GraphBLAS, Mongoose, UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SPQR, KLU, ordering methods such as AMD and COLAMD, CSparse/CXSparse, and other sparse-matrix packages. The GitHub README identifies SuiteSparse as sparse-matrix-related packages written or co-authored by Tim Davis.

SuiteSparse's history is tied to numerical linear algebra and MATLAB as well as C/C++ libraries. The official page notes that UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SPQR, ordering methods, and sparse multiplication components appear in MATLAB operations such as LU, Cholesky, QR, `x=A\b`, and `C=A*B`.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The Homebrew input records SuiteSparse availability through Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and openSUSE-family package managers. Its adoption is less about a flashy CLI and more about being a foundational dependency that downstream packages link against for sparse direct solvers, ordering, graph partitioning, and GraphBLAS-style graph algorithms.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users install SuiteSparse to build or run software that needs sparse matrix factorization, ordering, graph partitioning, GraphBLAS operations, or MATLAB/Octave-adjacent numerical routines. The Homebrew package exposes `suitesparse_mongoose`, but the broader package value is the installed library suite and headers.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care about SuiteSparse because it is dependency plumbing at scientific scale: mixed licenses across subpackages, BLAS/LAPACK integration, optional CUDA acceleration, language bindings, and ABI-sensitive library packaging. It is exactly the sort of package where a manager's build flags and dependency graph matter.

### Zeitleiste

- 2000s: SuiteSparse components such as UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SPQR, AMD, COLAMD, CSparse, and CXSparse become established sparse-matrix building blocks.
- 2016: The official page references SuiteSparse 4.6.0 beta with multi-GPU CHOLMOD presented at NVIDIA GTC16.
- 2021: SuiteSparse 5.10.1 includes GraphBLAS, SLIP_LU, and a new SuiteSparse Matrix Collection interface.
- 2026: The official GitHub README lists SuiteSparse 7.12.2.

### Related projects

- Related upstream components include SuiteSparse:GraphBLAS, Mongoose, UMFPACK, CHOLMOD, SPQR, KLU, BTF, AMD, CAMD, COLAMD, CCOLAMD, CSparse, CXSparse, and the SuiteSparse Matrix Collection.

### Quellen

- Input package-manager data: source_facts.package-manager
- Official GitHub README: https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/SuiteSparse#readme
- Official SuiteSparse page: https://people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html
- Official SuiteSparse:GraphBLAS page: https://github.com/DrTimothyAldenDavis/GraphBLAS


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - suitesparse-mongoose - 1:7.10.1+dfsg-1: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: suitesparse-mongoose from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | graph partitioning tool that can quickly compute edge cuts (executable) | http://suitesparse.com
- Ubuntu apt - suitesparse-mongoose - 1:7.6.1+dfsg-1build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: suitesparse-mongoose from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | graph partitioning tool that can quickly compute edge cuts (executable) | http://suitesparse.com
- zypper - suitesparse_mongoose - 7.12.2-2.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: suitesparse_mongoose from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Binary executable for suitesparse mongoose | https://people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse.html


## Combined YAML source

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