# ascii を Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper でインストール

ascii のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:ascii
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ascii
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ascii
```

  証拠: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ascii/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ascii
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ascii
```

  証拠: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ascii 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#ascii
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ascii
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install ascii
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:ascii
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 3.32
- **ソース概要:** List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point forms
- **ホームページ:** <http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- ascii (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 3.32
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

ascii is Eric S. Raymond's compact Unix reference utility for translating among ASCII character names, byte values, numeric bases, Teletype mnemonics, ISO/ECMA code positions, XML entity names, and slang names. Called without arguments, it prints a small ASCII chart.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official NEWS file records the first release by Eric S. Raymond as version 1.0 in March 1990. Through the 1990s it accumulated ISO-style code table escapes, contributed changes, a splash-screen idea, and option changes; version 3.0 in July 2000 added HTML/SGML entity names.

The modern 3.x line continued as a maintenance-oriented C utility. The NEWS file records a 2010 license change to BSD and ANSI C cleanup, 2011 additions from Debian, a 2013 Makefile fix from MacPorts, a 2015 project metadata move away from Gitorious, 2017 binary table output, 2024 CLI flag handling updates, and 2026 hardening/packaging work.

### 採用の歴史

The official resource page states that the code is usually packaged as `ascii` and displays Repology package status. The input package facts show the formula is available across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/DNF, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/Zypper, reflecting the utility's long-lived role as a tiny reference program in Unix collections.

### 使われ方

Package users typically install it for fast terminal lookup: provide a character, number, escape, mnemonic, or entity name and ascii prints the corresponding representations; run it with no arguments to get a chart. Recent options can force output radix with `-d`, `-o`, `-x`, or `-b`.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

ascii is package-nerd catnip because it is a small, old, useful command that survived several hosting eras and kept receiving portability and packaging fixes. The changelog explicitly names downstream pressure from Debian and MacPorts, and recent changes mention packager hardening flags, making it a clean example of a tiny utility shaped by distributions over decades.

### タイムライン

- 1990-03: First public release, v1.0, by Eric S. Raymond.
- 1995-12: v2.0 adds ISO-style code table escapes.
- 2000-07: v3.0 adds HTML/SGML entity names.
- 2010-10: v3.10 changes license to BSD and polishes code to ANSI C.
- 2013-11: v3.13 adjusts Makefile behavior for MacPorts PREFIX convention.
- 2015-04: v3.15 updates project metadata after Gitorious decline.
- 2017-07: v3.17 adds binary code-point table output.
- 2026-03: v3.32 allows packager hardening flags and radix-forcing options.

### Related projects

- Repology tracks packaged versions across distributions, and the official page embeds its package-status badge.
- Downstream package systems named in the input include Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE.

### ソース

- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii>
- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/NEWS.adoc>
- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/README.adoc>
- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii.html>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - ascii - 3.18-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ascii from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interactive ASCII name and synonym chart | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/
- Nix - ascii: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/as/ascii/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ascii - 3.18-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ascii from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interactive ASCII name and synonym chart | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/
- dnf - ascii - 3.32-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ascii from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Interactive ascii name and synonym chart | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/
- pacman - ascii - 3.32-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ascii from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Utility for conversion between various byte representations and the ASCII character table | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii
- zypper - ascii - 3.32-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ascii from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point form | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/
- MacPorts - ascii: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/ascii/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/ascii.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ascii.yml)


## ソース

- 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
