# diction を Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix でインストール

diction 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:diction
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install diction
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install diction
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install diction
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install diction
```

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

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:diction
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 1.11
- **ソース概要:** GNU diction and style
- **ホームページ:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- diction (エイリアス)
- style (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: 1.11
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

GNU diction packages two old Unix-style writing aids, diction and style, as free software. The tools scan prose for wordy or commonly misused phrases and report surface readability measures from the command line.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The GNU source release describes diction and style as free implementations of older standard Unix commands that disappeared from many modern systems after being unbundled. Its manual page says the historical diction command came from old Unix systems and the AT&T Documenter's Workbench, while GNU diction is a reimplementation that can be paired with deroff, dehtml, or detex.

The 1.11 release tarball records support for Dutch, GPLv3 licensing, and autoconf 2.61. The GNU FTP archive shows public GNU releases from 0.7 in 1998 through 1.11 in 2007.

### 採用の歴史

GNU diction's adoption story is modest and package-manager oriented: it keeps a small, classic prose-checking command available on systems where the original Unix tools are no longer bundled. Its value is strongest for users who like scriptable text filters rather than editor-integrated writing assistants.

### 使われ方

diction reads files or standard input and marks sentences containing phrases from its language databases; style reports readability and other surface characteristics. The manual documents pipelines with deroff for roff documents, and similar use with dehtml or detex for HTML and TeX.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

The package is a small example of GNU preserving an old Unix userland niche: plain text in, diagnostics out, no service, no account, and no project-local configuration.

### タイムライン

- 1997: GNU diction copyright range begins in the 1.11 manual page.
- 1998: diction 0.7 appears in the GNU FTP archive.
- 2007: diction 1.11 is released with Dutch support and GPLv3 licensing.

### Related projects

- AT&T DWB diction/style, deroff, dehtml, detex, and fmt are the closest historical and pipeline neighbors.

### ソース

- <https://www.gnu.org/software/diction>
- <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/diction.git>
- <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diction/>
- <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diction/diction-1.11.tar.gz>


## 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 - diction - 1.14-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: diction from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Utilities to help with style and diction (English and German) | http://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html
- Nix - diction: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/diction/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - diction - 1.14-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: diction from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Utilities to help with style and diction (English and German) | http://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html
- dnf - diction - 1.14-14.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: diction from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Identifies diction and style errors | http://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html
- MacPorts - diction: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/diction/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/diction.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/diction.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