# Installer epic5 avec Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, apt
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de epic5 pour les workflows d'agents IA.
## installation
```sh
sudo av install brew:epic5
```
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install epic5
```
Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install epic5
```
Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: irc/epic5/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add epic5
```
Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epic5 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#epic5
```
Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ep/epic5/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install epic5
```
Preuve: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: epic5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
## Faits du paquet
- **Clé du paquet:** brew:epic5
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.3
- **Résumé source:** Enhanced, programmable IRC client
- **Page d'accueil:**
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-22T14:03:15-07:00
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## exécutables
- epic5 (alias)
- epic5-2157 (alias)
## Comportement d'installation
- Bouteille: non disponible
## Version et fraîcheur
- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 3.0.3
## Historique du projet et usages
EPIC5 is the current fifth-generation branch of EPIC, the Enhanced Programmable IRC-II Client. Its own site describes EPIC as an ircII fork more than 30 years old, aimed at old-school IRC users, scripters, and people who want an ircII-like client that can be extended heavily through configuration and scripts.
### Historique du projet
EPIC grew out of ircII culture, where terminal IRC clients were not just chat programs but programmable environments. The EPIC site presents EPIC4 and EPIC5 as two current generations that are not generally interchangeable, with users choosing the branch their scripts require.
The EPIC news archive records active EPIC5 releases in the 2010s, including EPIC5 1.1.8 and 1.1.10 in April 2014 and EPIC5 2.0 on February 13, 2016. The site later marked 30 years of EPIC with EPIC4 3.0 and EPIC5 3.0 releases.
### Historique d'adoption
EPIC5 has the adoption pattern of a long-lived terminal IRC tool: it is distributed as source by the upstream project and appears as binary packages in multiple operating-system package collections. The official getting page notes that most operating-system distributions have EPIC4 and EPIC5 packages available.
### Modes d'utilisation
Users run EPIC5 as a terminal IRC client and often customize it through EPIC scripts. The official site links separate material for scripts, scripting, installation, and EPIC5 help, reflecting a workflow built around interactive IRC use plus local automation.
### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
For package maintainers, EPIC5 is a preservation piece from the ircII lineage: small, source-distributed, terminal-native, scriptable, and still relevant to users maintaining old IRC workflows or EPIC script collections.
### Chronologie
- 1990s: EPIC begins as an ircII fork, according to the project's 30-year history note.
- 2014: EPIC5 1.1.8 and 1.1.10 releases are announced.
- 2016: EPIC5 2.0 is released.
- 2020s: The project marks 30 years with EPIC5 3.0.
### Related projects
- EPIC4 is the other maintained EPIC generation and is documented alongside EPIC5.
- ircII is the original IRC client lineage from which EPIC forked.
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## 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
- Nix - epic5: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ep/epic5/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - epic5 - 2.1.6-1ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: epic5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | epic irc client, version 5 | http://www.epicsol.org/
- apk - epic5 - 3.0.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epic5 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Enhanced Programmable ircII Client, version 5 | https://epicsol.org/
- apk - epic5-doc - 3.0.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epic5-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Enhanced Programmable ircII Client, version 5 (documentation) | https://epicsol.org/
- apk - epic5-lite - 3.0.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epic5-lite from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Enhanced Programmable ircII Client, version 5 (dependency-lite variant) | https://epicsol.org/
- apk - epic5-script - 3.0.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: epic5-script from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Enhanced Programmable ircII Client, version 5 (bundled scripts) | https://epicsol.org/
- MacPorts - epic5: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: irc/epic5/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/epic5.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/epic5.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