# Installer stella avec Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman, winget

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

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:stella
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install stella
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install stella
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#stella
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S stella
```

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

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id TheStellaTeam.Stella -e
```

  Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: TheStellaTeam.Stella from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:stella
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.0c
- **Résumé source:** Atari 2600 VCS emulator
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://stella-emu.github.io/>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/stella-emu/stella>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-18T02:29:02-04:00
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- stella (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 7.0c
## Historique du projet et usages

Stella is a long-running multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator. Although it is primarily a desktop emulator, it matters in package-manager culture because it is a portable open-source retrocomputing application with command-line use, documented per-platform data files, and broad distribution across Unix, macOS, and Windows package channels.

### Historique du projet

The official manual says Bradford W. Mott started developing Stella in fall 1995 and that Stephen Anthony has maintained the project since around 2004. The official site describes Stella as a freely distributed Atari 2600 VCS emulator originally developed for Linux and now maintained by Stephen Anthony.

The project has grown from a Linux emulator into a multi-platform application. The official manual describes it as portable across systems using SDL, 64-bit and endian clean on Linux/Unix, macOS, and Windows, and the GitHub repository was created in October 2016 to host the modern source and release workflow.

### Historique d'adoption

The input package metadata lists Stella in Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and WinGet. That breadth fits the project history: Stella is both a retro-gaming application and a long-lived open-source emulator that downstream package managers can ship for desktop users.

The official downloads page provides platform-specific binaries and source archives, while the manual documents both graphical operation and command-line invocation with `stella [options ...] ROM_FILENAME`.

### Modes d'utilisation

Common usage is to launch Stella with an Atari 2600 ROM image through its ROM launcher or from the command line. Its user data is stored in a `stella.sqlite3` database at platform-specific locations, and command-line options can override settings stored in that database.

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

Package nerds care about Stella because it represents the classic emulator packaging problem: a GUI application that also has command-line behavior, per-platform support files, and long-running upstream releases. It is a useful test of how well package managers handle desktop apps, documentation, data directories, and legal boundaries around ROM files.

Its age also matters. A project that began in the 1990s and still ships releases through modern package systems shows how retrocomputing software can survive multiple build systems, operating-system transitions, and distribution channels.

### Chronologie

- 1995: Bradford W. Mott started developing Stella.
- 1999: Official manual dates its user guide history from February 1999.
- 2004: Stephen Anthony became maintainer around this period.
- 2016: Modern GitHub repository created.
- 2026: Official manual identifies Release 8.0.

### Related projects

- Stella is related to Atari 2600 emulation, SDL-based portable desktop software, and retrocomputing package collections.

### Sources

- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stella-emu/stella/master/README.md>
- <https://stella-emu.github.io/>
- <https://stella-emu.github.io/docs/index.html>
- <https://stella-emu.github.io/downloads.html>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: ~/.config/stella/stella.sqlite3
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Stella/stella.sqlite3
- Windows: %APPDATA%\stella\stella.sqlite3
## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - stella - 7.0+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: stella from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Atari 2600 Emulator for SDL & the X Window System | https://stella-emu.github.io
- Nix - stella: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stella/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - stella - 6.7.1+dfsg-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: stella from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Atari 2600 Emulator for SDL & the X Window System | https://stella-emu.github.io
- pacman - stella - 7.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: stella from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Atari 2600 VCS emulator | https://stella-emu.github.io/
- winget - TheStellaTeam.Stella: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: TheStellaTeam.Stella from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph