# autotrace を Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper でインストール

autotrace 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:autotrace
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install autotrace
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install autotrace
```

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

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install autotrace
```

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

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install autotrace
```

  証拠: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace 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:autotrace
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 0.31.10
- **ソース概要:** Convert bitmap to vector graphics
- **ホームページ:** <https://autotrace.sourceforge.net/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-06T11:06:08Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- autotrace (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: 0.31.10
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

AutoTrace is a bitmap-to-vector converter and library. It sits in the same practical family as potrace and vectorization tools, turning raster images into formats such as SVG, EPS, PDF, DXF, and related vector outputs.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official README says AutoTrace was originally developed by Martin Weber and that some code was derived from GNU fontutils' `limn`, although most was rewritten. That origin explains both the traditional Unix graphics-tool feel and the split between command-line utility and embeddable library.

The modern GitHub repository was created in 2013 and carries the project forward with build automation, cross-platform CI, translation infrastructure, and package-manager installation notes. The README also identifies `libautotrace` as a library interface, with the program under GPL and the library under LGPL.

### 採用の歴史

AutoTrace has survived mostly as a packaging and interoperability tool rather than as a glossy end-user application. The official README lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Fedora/RHEL, Arch, FreeBSD, and Windows release installers; the input additionally records Nix and zypper packages.

Its adoption is helped by broad input and output format support, especially when built with ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick. That makes it a convenient package for scripts, conversion pipelines, and graphics experiments where a CLI vectorizer is easier to depend on than a desktop drawing program.

### 使われ方

The basic CLI pattern is `autotrace input.png -output-file output.svg`, with options for centerline tracing and color reduction. The README points users to `autotrace --help` and the man page for the full option set.

Developers can also call `libautotrace` through C headers and pkg-config, reading a bitmap and writing splines through output handlers. This dual CLI/library shape is why it appears in both user-facing package managers and build-time dependency lists.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

AutoTrace is package-nerd relevant because image vectorization has many optional format dependencies and old graphics-library edges. Maintainers have to care about ImageMagick versus GraphicsMagick support, GLib, gettext translations, platform build systems, and whether users expect both the `autotrace` binary and `libautotrace` development files.

### タイムライン

- Pre-2013: Original AutoTrace development by Martin Weber, with lineage from GNU fontutils' `limn`.
- 2013: GitHub repository created for the continuing autotrace project.
- 2018-2020: CI-era tags in the GitHub repository show renewed automation activity.
- 2020s: README documents package-manager installation and Windows installers from GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- GNU fontutils limn: upstream notes code lineage.
- frontline: upstream README lists it as an inactive GUI frontend.
- ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick: optional format providers for additional input support.
- potrace: a related bitmap tracing tool in the same packaging niche.

### ソース

- <https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/autotrace/autotrace/master/README.md>
- source_facts.package-manager


## セキュリティノート

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- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
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## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - autotrace: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/autotrace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - autotrace - 0.31.9-18.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utility for converting bitmaps to vector graphics | http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - autotrace-devel - 0.31.9-18.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Header files for autotrace | http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - autotrace - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Program for Converting Bitmaps to Vector Graphics | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- zypper - autotrace-devel - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for converting bitmaps to vector graphics | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- zypper - autotrace-lang - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package autotrace | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- zypper - libautotrace3 - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libautotrace3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for converting bitmaps to vector graphics | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- MacPorts - autotrace: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/autotrace/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/autotrace.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/autotrace.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
