# dps8m を Homebrew, Nix でインストール

dps8m 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:dps8m
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dps8m
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dps8m
```

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dp/dps8m/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:dps8m
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 3.1.0
- **ソース概要:** Simulator of the 36-bit GE/Honeywell/Bull 600/6000-series mainframe computers
- **ホームページ:** <https://dps8m.gitlab.io/>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-25T13:37:39+02:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- dps8 (エイリアス)
- prt2pdf (エイリアス)
- punutil (エイリアス)
- tap2raw (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: 3.1.0
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

DPS8M is a simulator for the 36-bit GE, Honeywell, and Bull 600/6000-series mainframes, especially the DPS-8/M line descended from GE-645 hardware and associated with running Multics.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The project presents itself as the DPS8M Simulator and credits the DPS8M Development Team across 2006-2025 in its README. Its GitLab project was created in February 2019, consistent with a later public hosting home for a longer-lived simulator codebase.

### 採用の歴史

DPS8M's adoption is primarily in retrocomputing, operating-system preservation, and Multics study rather than ordinary application development. Packaging in Homebrew and Nix gives users a repeatable way to install a simulator that would otherwise live mostly in source builds and specialist documentation.

### 使われ方

Users build or install the simulator, then run dps8 and companion utilities such as tape and printer conversion tools. The official documentation is aimed at end users, operators, developers, and package maintainers, covering installation, compilation, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

For package nerds, DPS8M is interesting because it packages a historically specific mainframe simulator with multiple utilities, generated cross-reference documentation, and release-specific omnibus manuals, tying modern Unix package management to preserved 36-bit computing environments.

### タイムライン

- 2006: the project README's copyright range begins, indicating the long-running development team history.
- 2016: early alpha and release-candidate tags were present in the GitLab tag history.
- 2019: the GitLab project record was created.
- 2025: official documentation listed release-specific manuals for R3.0.0, R3.0.1, and R3.1.0.

### Related projects

- Multics
- SIMH
- GE-645
- Honeywell 6180
- Bull DPS-8/M

### ソース

- <https://gitlab.com/dps8m/dps8m>
- <https://gitlab.com/dps8m/dps8m/-/raw/master/README.md>
- <https://dps8m.gitlab.io/dps8m/Documentation/>
- <https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/dps8m%2Fdps8m>
- <https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/dps8m%2Fdps8m/repository/tags?per_page=100>


## 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

- Nix - dps8m: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dp/dps8m/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dps8m.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dps8m.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