# Installer libsixel avec Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de libsixel pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:libsixel ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libsixel ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libsixel ``` Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/libsixel/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libsixel ``` Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libsixel ``` Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsixel 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#libsixel ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libsixel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libsixel ``` Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: libsixel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libsixel-bin ``` Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libsixel-bash-completion ``` Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libsixel-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:libsixel - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.8.7-r2 - **Résumé source:** SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## exécutables - img2sixel (alias) - libsixel-config (alias) - sixel2png (alias) ## Comportement d'installation - Bouteille: non disponible ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-08-03 - version du gestionnaire: 1.8.7-r2 ## Historique du projet et usages libsixel is a C encoder and decoder for DEC SIXEL terminal graphics, plus command-line tools such as img2sixel and sixel2png. It matters because it helped revive a 1980s terminal image protocol for modern terminals, plots, previews, and command-line image workflows. ### Historique du projet The project traces back to Hayaki Saito's libsixel work, described as an implementation derived from kmiya's sixel encoder. Its README explains SIXEL as a Digital Equipment Corporation format for printer and terminal imaging whose data is represented as terminal-friendly escape sequences. A community fork under the libsixel GitHub organization continued the project after Saito stopped participating publicly in January 2020, according to the fork README. That fork collected improvements and security patches, later switching the build system to Meson for libsixel 2.0. ### Historique d'adoption libsixel rode a broader revival of terminal graphics. The README lists use in or integration with projects and workflows around gnuplot, Ghostscript, ImageMagick, lsix, FFmpeg-SIXEL, SDL experiments, w3m integration, GNU Screen forks, RetroArch, and terminal support in xterm, mlterm, iTerm2, WezTerm, and related emulators. The README also lists packaging through FreeBSD ports, pkgsrc, Homebrew, Debian, Arch, Gentoo, Ubuntu, NixOS, OpenBSD Ports, Fedora Copr, SlackBuilds, and MacPorts, which made it a common optional dependency for software that wants SIXEL output. ### Modes d'utilisation Users most often meet libsixel through `img2sixel`, which converts images and animations into SIXEL escape sequences for display in a compatible terminal, and `sixel2png`, which decodes SIXEL back into PNG. Developers can use the C API and several language bindings to generate or decode SIXEL programmatically. The practical constraint is terminal support: when the terminal understands SIXEL, the output renders inline; when it does not, users see escape data or nothing useful. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent libsixel is a package-nerd favorite because it compresses a lot of terminal history into one dependency: DEC hardware, escape sequences, image quantization, terminal emulator feature flags, and modern CLI image previews all meet in a small C library. It also shows how optional media support propagates through package managers. A plotting tool, terminal browser, or file manager may grow SIXEL support only when a distro or formula enables the right build option and ships libsixel. ### Chronologie - 1980s: DEC introduced SIXEL for printer and terminal imaging. - 2020-01: The community fork README records Saito's disappearance from public maintenance activity. - 2025-01-11: The libsixel organization release page records v1.10.5. - 2025-02-12: The libsixel organization repository was archived as read-only. ### Related projects - Related projects include the original saitoha/libsixel repository, kmiya's sixel encoder, mlterm, xterm, iTerm2, gnuplot, ImageMagick, Ghostscript, lsix, FFmpeg-SIXEL, and other terminal graphics protocols such as kitty graphics. ### Sources - - - - ## 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 - libsixel-bin - 1.10.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (binary) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Debian apt - libsixel-dev - 1.10.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (develop) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Debian apt - libsixel-examples - 1.10.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsixel-examples from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (examples) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Debian apt - libsixel1 - 1.10.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libsixel1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (runtime) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Nix - libsixel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libsixel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libsixel-bin - 1.10.3-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (binary) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Ubuntu apt - libsixel-dev - 1.10.3-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (develop) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Ubuntu apt - libsixel-examples - 1.10.3-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel-examples from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (examples) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - Ubuntu apt - libsixel1 - 1.10.3-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsixel1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | DEC SIXEL graphics codec implementation (runtime) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - apk - libsixel - 1.10.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - apk - libsixel-dev - 1.10.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation (development files) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - apk - libsixel-doc - 1.10.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation (documentation) | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - apk - libsixel-tools - 1.10.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - apk - libsixel-tools-bash-completion - 1.10.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-tools-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - apk - libsixel-tools-zsh-completion - 1.10.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libsixel-tools-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel - dnf - libsixel - 1.10.5-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libsixel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | SIXEL encoding and decoding | https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libsixel.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libsixel.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