# Installer libewf avec Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper

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

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:libewf
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install libewf
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install libewf
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: security/libewf/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add libewf
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install libewf
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libewf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#libewf
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S libewf
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ewf-tools
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: ewf-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libewf-devel
```

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

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:libewf
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 20140816
- **Résumé source:** Library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/libyal/libewf>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/libyal/libewf>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- ewfacquire (alias)
- ewfacquirestream (alias)
- ewfdebug (alias)
- ewfexport (alias)
- ewfinfo (alias)
- ewfmount (alias)
- ewfrecover (alias)
- ewfverify (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 20140816
## Historique du projet et usages

libewf is the libyal library and tool suite for reading, writing, acquiring, verifying, exporting, and mounting Expert Witness Compression Format evidence files. Its package-manager identity is tied to digital forensics because EWF/E01 images are common interchange artifacts between acquisition tools, forensic suites, and open-source analysis workflows.

### Historique du projet

Joachim Metz began documenting the EWF file format in March 2006, with libewf's legacy ChangeLog recording release-preparation work in April 2006. The project grew alongside a public working specification for the format, covering SMART, EnCase E01, logical evidence files, and later EWF2 variants.

The libyal repositories split the actively experimental libewf tree from a stable legacy tree. Homebrew's curation points at the legacy repository, while the project documentation and README describe the broader libewf effort.

### Historique d'adoption

EWF became important because forensic images produced by EnCase, FTK Imager, SMART, and related tools needed open readers and converters. libewf gave Unix package ecosystems a reusable C library plus tools such as ewfacquire, ewfinfo, ewfexport, ewfmount, and ewfverify.

Distribution packages under names such as libewf, ewf-tools, and ewftools made E01 handling available outside proprietary forensic workstations.

### Modes d'utilisation

Package users commonly install libewf for command-line acquisition and conversion, for mounting or inspecting EWF images, or as a dependency of forensic applications that need E01/S01/L01 support.

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

libewf is package-nerd useful because it turns a proprietary-forensics file family into a normal Unix library and set of small tools. It also carries one of the clearest public format documents for EWF, making it useful to preservation, incident response, and forensic packaging work.

### Chronologie

- 2006-03: Initial public EWF specification revisions for the libewf project.
- 2006-04: Legacy ChangeLog records first-release preparation and tool renames such as ewfcat to ewfexport and ewfmd5sum to ewfverify.
- 2014: Legacy ChangeLog records stabilization work and synchronization with the experimental libewf tree.
- 2026: The EWF specification document records maintenance through 2006-2026.

### Related projects

- Related projects include the libyal family of forensic libraries, The Sleuth Kit integrations, EnCase, FTK Imager, and forensic package sets that ship ewf-tools.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libewf>
- <https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libyal/libewf-legacy/main/ChangeLog>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libyal/libewf/main/documentation/Expert%20Witness%20Compression%20Format%20%28EWF%29.asciidoc>


## Notes de sécurité

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - ewf-tools - 20140816-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ewf-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | collection of tools for reading and writing EWF files | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Debian apt - libewf-dev - 20140816-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libewf-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | support for Expert Witness Compression format (development) | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Debian apt - libewf2 - 20140816-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libewf2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library with support for Expert Witness Compression Format | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Debian apt - python3-libewf - 20140816-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-libewf from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | support for Expert Witness Compression format -- Python 3 bindings | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Nix - libewf: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libewf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ewf-tools - 20140814-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ewf-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | collection of tools for reading and writing EWF files | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Ubuntu apt - libewf-dev - 20140814-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libewf-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | support for Expert Witness Compression format (development) | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Ubuntu apt - libewf2 - 20140814-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libewf2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library with support for Expert Witness Compression Format | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- Ubuntu apt - python3-libewf - 20140814-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-libewf from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | support for Expert Witness Compression format -- Python 3 bindings | https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy
- apk - libewf - 20240506-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libewf from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library to support the Expert Witness Compression Format | https://libewf.sourceforge.net/
- apk - libewf-dev - 20240506-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libewf-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library to support the Expert Witness Compression Format (development files) | https://libewf.sourceforge.net/
- apk - libewf-doc - 20240506-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libewf-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library to support the Expert Witness Compression Format (documentation) | https://libewf.sourceforge.net/
- apk - libewf-libs - 20240506-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libewf-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library to support the Expert Witness Compression Format (libraries) | https://libewf.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - ewftools - 20140608-35.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ewftools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utilities for the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF) | http://sourceforge.net/projects/libewf/
- dnf - libewf - 20140608-35.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libewf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library for the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF) | http://sourceforge.net/projects/libewf/
- dnf - libewf-devel - 20140608-35.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libewf-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libewf | http://sourceforge.net/projects/libewf/


## Combined YAML source

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