# Installer libwebm avec Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, apt

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

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:libwebm
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install libwebm
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install libwebm
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#libwebm
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libwebm-dev
```

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

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:libwebm
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.0.32
- **Résumé source:** WebM container
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://www.webmproject.org/code/>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/webmproject/libwebm>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- mkvmuxer_sample (alias)
- mkvparser_sample (alias)
- vttdemux (alias)
- webm2pes (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 1.0.0.32
## Historique du projet et usages

libwebm is the WebM Project's C++ parser and muxer library for the WebM container, which is based on Matroska and designed for open web video. It sits next to libvpx in the WebM ecosystem: libvpx handles VP8/VP9 codec work, while libwebm handles the container-level reading and writing that tools need.

### Historique du projet

Google and browser partners announced WebM on 2010-05-19 as an open, freely implementable web-optimized video format centered on VP8. The WebM Project FAQ defines WebM files as VP8 or VP9 video, Vorbis or Opus audio, and WebVTT text tracks in a Matroska-based structure.

The WebM developer overview lists libwebm as the WebM file parser, with the canonical browse repository at chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm and a GitHub mirror. The README focuses on building libwebm with CMake or Makefile.unix and running parser/muxer tests, reflecting its role as a library component rather than an end-user player.

### Historique d'adoption

WebM gained early browser and tooling momentum because Chromium added initial WebM and VP8 support on the announcement day, and Google framed the format as part of the open HTML5 video stack. Chromium's 2020 retrospective describes WebM and WebRTC as foundational web media projects and cites adoption by major video platforms and technology companies across VP8, VP9, and AV1-era work.

libwebm's adoption is quieter than the WebM format itself: it is the container library that package managers expose for encoders, muxers, parsers, media-inspection tools, and test programs that need a native WebM implementation.

### Modes d'utilisation

The package ships sample and utility programs such as mkvmuxer_sample, mkvparser_sample, vttdemux, and webm2pes. Developers use the library to parse WebM files, mux WebM output, inspect tracks and cues, and build media tooling around the WebM container.

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

libwebm is one of those small libraries that makes an open media format real in build graphs. Installing it gives media packages a maintained WebM parser and muxer without pulling in a whole browser, and its canonical Git-on-Google plus GitHub mirror layout is typical of Chromium-adjacent infrastructure.

### Chronologie

- 2010-05-19: WebM and VP8 are announced, and Chromium adds initial support.
- 2011-01-11: Chromium describes broad WebM adoption by browsers, tools, and hardware vendors after launch.
- 2013: The WebM Project delivers VP9-era bitrate improvements, according to Chromium's 2020 retrospective.
- 2018: AV1-era open media work is described as adding further bitrate savings in the Chromium retrospective.
- 2020-05-27: Chromium publishes a ten-year WebM and WebRTC retrospective.
- 2025: The libwebm repository continues as a Chromium Gitiles project with a GitHub mirror and version tags such as libwebm-1.0.0.32.

### Related projects

- Related projects include libvpx, webm-tools, WebM DirectShow filters, Matroska, WebVTT, Vorbis, Opus, VP8, VP9, AV1, Chromium, YouTube, and the Alliance for Open Media.

### Sources

- <https://blog.chromium.org/2010/05/>
- <https://blog.chromium.org/2020/05/celebrating-10-years-of-webm-and-webrtc.html>
- <https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm/>
- <https://github.com/webmproject/libwebm/>
- <https://www.webmproject.org/>
- <https://www.webmproject.org/about/faq/>
- <https://www.webmproject.org/code/>


## Notes de sécurité

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** orange / moyen
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - libwebm-dev - 1.0.0.31-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwebm-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | WebM parser library (development files) | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm
- Debian apt - libwebm-tools - 1.0.0.31-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwebm-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | WebM parser library (binary tools) | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm
- Debian apt - libwebm1 - 1.0.0.31-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwebm1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | WebM parser library | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm
- Nix - libwebm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libwebm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libwebm-dev - 1.0.0.31-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwebm-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | WebM parser library (development files) | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm
- Ubuntu apt - libwebm-tools - 1.0.0.31-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwebm-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | WebM parser library (binary tools) | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm
- Ubuntu apt - libwebm1 - 1.0.0.31-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwebm1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | WebM parser library | https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebm
- MacPorts - libwebm: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/libwebm/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/libwebm.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libwebm.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
