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

fontconfig 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:fontconfig
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fontconfig
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install fontconfig
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add fontconfig
```

  証拠: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontconfig from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fontconfig
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install fontconfig
```

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

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: fontconfig from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S fontconfig
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install fontconfig
```

  証拠: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fontconfig 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:fontconfig
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 2.18.2
- **ソース概要:** XML-based font configuration API for X Windows
- **ホームページ:** <https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/fontconfig/>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-29T17:23:24+01:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- fc-cache (エイリアス)
- fc-cat (エイリアス)
- fc-conflist (エイリアス)
- fc-genconf (エイリアス)
- fc-list (エイリアス)
- fc-match (エイリアス)
- fc-pattern (エイリアス)
- fc-query (エイリアス)
- fc-scan (エイリアス)
- fc-validate (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: 2.18.2
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

fontconfig is the freedesktop.org font discovery, matching, and configuration library used by Unix-like desktop and application stacks to centralize font access.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The freedesktop project page describes fontconfig as a library for configuring and customizing font access. Its README and user documentation emphasize automatic font discovery, font-name substitution, language coverage matching, XML configuration, and cooperation with FreeType and the X Render Extension.

The user documentation explains the core architecture: a configuration module builds internal state from XML files, while a matching module accepts font patterns and returns the nearest matching font. The design goal was to centralize font installation and customization so applications would not each invent private font configuration systems.

### 採用の歴史

fontconfig became infrastructure rather than an end-user application. Its value came from being shared by many applications and toolkits, independent of the X Window System, with command-line utilities such as `fc-cache`, `fc-list`, `fc-match`, `fc-query`, and related inspection tools.

The release directory and tag history show a long-running 2.x series, from early `fcpackage` and 2.2-era releases through current stable releases documented on the freedesktop project page.

### 使われ方

Administrators and users configure fontconfig through XML files such as `/etc/fonts/fonts.conf`, `/etc/fonts/conf.d`, `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf`, and per-user legacy files. Applications use the library to locate fonts, substitute missing families, and obtain file and rendering metadata.

The command-line tools form a practical maintenance layer: `fc-cache` refreshes caches, `fc-list` enumerates fonts, `fc-match` shows matching decisions, and `fc-query` or `fc-scan` inspect font files.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

fontconfig is one of the packages that makes desktop Linux font behavior feel coherent. Package maintainers care about it because bad cache handling, misplaced config snippets, or mismatched defaults can affect text rendering across a whole system.

### タイムライン

- 2000s: Early fontconfig 2.x and `fcpackage` tags appear in the freedesktop release history.
- 2012: The release directory lists fontconfig 2.10.0.
- 2018: The release directory lists fontconfig 2.13.0.
- 2025: The release directory lists fontconfig 2.16.0.
- 2026: The project page identifies the current stable series as 2.17.1, while repository tags show later 2.18.x tags.

### Related projects

- fontconfig is explicitly related to FreeType and the X Render Extension, and it sits alongside freedesktop.org desktop plumbing used by font-aware applications and toolkits.

### ソース

- <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/raw/main/README.md>
- <https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/fontconfig>
- <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html>
- <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/>


## セキュリティノート

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## 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

- Unix: /etc/fonts/fonts.conf, /etc/fonts/conf.d, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/conf.d, ~/.fonts.conf, ~/.fonts.conf.d
## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - fontconfig - 2.15.0-2.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontconfig from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generic font configuration library - support binaries | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Debian apt - fontconfig-config - 2.15.0-2.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fontconfig-config from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generic font configuration library - configuration | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Debian apt - libfontconfig-dev - 2.15.0-2.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfontconfig-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generic font configuration library - development | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Debian apt - libfontconfig-doc - 2.15.0-2.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfontconfig-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generic font configuration library - documentation | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Debian apt - libfontconfig1 - 2.15.0-2.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfontconfig1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generic font configuration library - runtime | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Debian apt - libfontconfig1-dev - 2.15.0-2.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfontconfig1-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generic font configuration library - dummy package | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Nix - fontconfig: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: fontconfig from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - fontconfig - 2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontconfig from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generic font configuration library - support binaries | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Ubuntu apt - fontconfig-config - 2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontconfig-config from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generic font configuration library - configuration | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Ubuntu apt - libfontconfig-dev - 2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfontconfig-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generic font configuration library - development | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Ubuntu apt - libfontconfig-doc - 2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfontconfig-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generic font configuration library - documentation | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Ubuntu apt - libfontconfig1 - 2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfontconfig1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generic font configuration library - runtime | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- Ubuntu apt - libfontconfig1-dev - 2.15.0-1.1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfontconfig1-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generic font configuration library - dummy package | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
- apk - fontconfig - 2.18.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontconfig from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for configuring and customizing font access | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig
- apk - fontconfig-dev - 2.18.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontconfig-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for configuring and customizing font access (development files) | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig
- apk - fontconfig-doc - 2.18.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontconfig-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Library for configuring and customizing font access (documentation) | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

- 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