# Installer basis_universal avec Homebrew, pacman, apk

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de basis_universal pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:basis_universal
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install basis_universal
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S basis-universal
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: basis-universal from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add basisu
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: basisu from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:basis_universal
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.50
- **Résumé source:** Basis Universal GPU texture codec command-line compression tool
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-08-03T16:08:28Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- basisu (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 2.50
## Historique du projet et usages

Basis Universal is Binomial's portable GPU texture supercompression and transcoding system. The README describes it as an open source LDR/HDR GPU compressed texture interchange system supporting Khronos KTX2 and Binomial's `.basis` format, with rapid transcoding to many GPU texture formats.

### Historique du projet

The repository marks the reference encoder, transcoder, and specifications as copyright 2016-2026 Binomial LLC. Its early public identity centered on ETC1S and UASTC as portable intermediate formats: asset pipelines could ship one compressed texture and transcode on the target device to formats such as BC, ETC, PVRTC, ASTC, ATC, and FXT1.

The project matured from a command-line compressor/transcoder into a broader texture infrastructure stack: native C/C++ libraries, a `basisu` CLI, WebAssembly builds, JavaScript wrappers, WebGL examples, Python support, KTX2 support, HDR modes, and detailed codec specifications in the wiki.

### Historique d'adoption

Khronos KTX-Software officially documents that KTX files can contain Basis Universal formats and includes a Basis Universal WebAssembly transcoder for JavaScript KTX parsers. That places Basis Universal inside the standard KTX2 toolchain used by OpenGL, Vulkan, Web, and asset-pipeline tooling.

Package-manager adoption follows the CLI and library utility: the supplied facts list Homebrew, Alpine, and Arch packages, while the upstream README documents native builds on Windows, Ubuntu, macOS, ARM, RISC-V, WebAssembly, and WASI.

### Modes d'utilisation

The `basisu` command-line tool creates, validates, transcodes, and unpacks `.ktx2` and `.basis` files. The README documents CMake builds, Visual Studio builds, WebAssembly/WASI executables, SSE/OpenCL options, and a `-test` mode for exercising encoder and transcoder paths.

Developers use Basis Universal to reduce download and distribution size while deferring final GPU format choice until runtime. KTX2 plus Basis formats are especially important for web and cross-platform engines that must support different GPU texture capabilities.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Basis Universal is package-nerd significant because it is both a CLI formula and a piece of graphics infrastructure. Packaging it gives asset pipelines access to the `basisu` encoder without requiring a full game engine or SDK install.

Its significance also comes from codec standardization pressure: the project has to track KTX2 headers, supercompression IDs, GPU texture formats, WebAssembly constraints, fuzzing, and compatibility with Khronos tooling.

### Chronologie

- 2016: Binomial copyright range begins for the reference encoder, transcoder, and specifications.
- 2022-01-28: Version 1.16 release notes describe smaller code size, fewer dependencies, OpenCL support, faster ETC1S encoding, and parallel processing.
- 2024-09-10: Version 1.50.0 adds UASTC HDR, EXR/HDR image support, DDS read/write, and defaults the command-line tool to KTX2 output.
- 2025-01-21: Version 1.60.0 requires C++17 and adds UASTC HDR 6x6 and GPU Photo HDR-related modes.
- 2026-01-19: Version 2.0 adds full ASTC LDR support, XUASTC LDR, WASM/WASI support, Python support, and new real-time BC7/ETC1 encoders.
- 2026-02-24: Version 2.1 focuses on KTX-Software compatibility for UASTC HDR 4x4, UASTC HDR 6x6 intermediate, and XUASTC LDR formats.

### Related projects

- Related official projects and standards include Khronos KTX/KTX2, Khronos KTX-Software, Binomial's KTX-Software fork, WebAssembly/WASI builds, and GPU texture formats such as ETC1S, UASTC, ASTC, BC6H/BC7, PVRTC, ETC2, and DDS.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal/blob/master/README.md>
- <https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal/wiki/Release-Notes>
- <https://github.com/KhronosGroup/KTX-Software/blob/main/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- pacman - basis-universal - 2.1.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: basis-universal from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Basis Universal GPU Texture Codec | https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal
- apk - basisu - 1.16.4-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: basisu from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Basis Universal GPU Texture Codec | https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal
- apk - basisu-dev - 1.16.4-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: basisu-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Basis Universal GPU Texture Codec (development files) | https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal
- apk - basisu-libs - 1.16.4-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: basisu-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Basis Universal GPU Texture Codec (libraries) | https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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
