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

jimtcl 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:jimtcl
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install jimtcl
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install jimtcl
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add jimtcl
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install jimtcl
```

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S jimtcl
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install jimtcl
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install jimsh
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:jimtcl
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 0.84
- **ソース概要:** Small footprint implementation of Tcl
- **ホームページ:** <https://jim.tcl.tk/index.html>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-30T22:31:03+09:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- build-jim-ext (エイリアス)
- jimdb (エイリアス)
- jimsh (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: 0.84
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

Jim Tcl is a small-footprint implementation of Tcl intended for embedding, standalone scripting through `jimsh`, and systems where the full Tcl distribution is too large. Its manual describes a Tcl 8.5-compatible core with many Tcl 8.6 commands, optional modules, object-based I/O, sockets, integer, dict, and operating-system features.

### プロジェクトの歴史

Jim Tcl began in January 2005 as Salvatore Sanfilippo's experiment in hacking on Tcl. The project README says that after about a month it could run simple scripts, and after about two months it had grown beyond a disposable toy into a candidate real interpreter, with early contributions from Pat Thoyts and Clemens Hintze.

The project later developed into an embeddable interpreter with optional extensions, a modular build, and the `jimsh` command shell. Its copyright and maintainer notes show a wider contributor base by 2008 and Steve Bennett as maintainer, while the release stream and reference manual show continuing work through the 0.8x series.

### 採用の歴史

Jim Tcl's most visible adoption came from embedded and systems tooling. OpenOCD documents that it uses Jim Tcl as its command interpreter, that OpenOCD configuration scripts are Jim Tcl scripts, and that OpenOCD commands extend Jim Tcl. That made Jim Tcl part of the toolchain used by developers working with on-chip debugging and microcontroller boards.

### 使われ方

Jim Tcl can be linked into applications with `cc <source> -ljim`, used interactively with `jimsh`, or used to run Tcl scripts from files, standard input, or `jimsh -e`. The README frames its use cases as scriptable applications, embedded systems, configuration-file-like syntax, and a compact Tcl implementation that can be shipped inside another program.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Jim Tcl is package-nerd catnip because it is a language runtime small enough to show up as both an application dependency and a standalone shell. It explains why some packages depend on `jimsh` or `jimtcl` rather than full Tcl: the value is a Tcl-like extension language in roughly hundreds of kilobytes, with feature selection controlled at build time.

### タイムライン

- 2005: Salvatore Sanfilippo started Jim Tcl in the first days of January; early contributors helped turn it into a beta-stage interpreter.
- 2008: Steve Bennett appears among project copyright holders and maintainer contacts in the README.
- 2023: Release 0.82 continued the 0.8x series with changes such as `try` traps, `aio stat`, async sockets, and richer frame support.
- 2024: Release 0.83 added changes including multi-level `break` and `continue`, fuller stack traces, `lsort -dict`, and additional I/O improvements.
- 2024: The reference manual identifies Jim Tcl v0.83+ and documents a Tcl 8.5+ compatible core plus selected Tcl 8.6 features.

### Related projects

- Jim Tcl is directly related to Tcl, Tcl 8.5, Tcl 8.6, and the embeddable-language tradition represented by Lua and Guile. In packaging graphs it is also tied to OpenOCD, which uses Jim Tcl scripts and command extensions for debugger configuration.

### ソース

- <https://api.github.com/repos/msteveb/jimtcl/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl>
- <https://jim.tcl-lang.org/home/doc/trunk/jim_tcl.txt>
- <https://jim.tcl.tk/>
- <https://openocd.org/doc/html/About-Jim-Tcl.html>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msteveb/jimtcl/master/README>


## 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 - jimsh - 0.83-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: jimsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | small-footprint implementation of Tcl named Jim | http://jim.tcl.tk/
- Debian apt - libjim-dev - 0.83-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libjim-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | small-footprint implementation of Tcl - development files | http://jim.tcl.tk/
- Debian apt - libjim0.83 - 0.83-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libjim0.83 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | small-footprint implementation of Tcl - shared library | http://jim.tcl.tk/
- Nix - jimtcl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ji/jimtcl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - jimsh - 0.82-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: jimsh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | small-footprint implementation of Tcl named Jim | http://jim.tcl.tk/
- Ubuntu apt - libjim-dev - 0.82-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libjim-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | small-footprint implementation of Tcl - development files | http://jim.tcl.tk/
- Ubuntu apt - libjim0.82t64 - 0.82-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libjim0.82t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | small-footprint implementation of Tcl - shared library | http://jim.tcl.tk/
- apk - jimtcl - 0.83-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jimtcl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An open-source, small footprint implementation of Tcl | https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl
- apk - jimtcl-dbg - 0.83-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jimtcl-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An open-source, small footprint implementation of Tcl (debug symbols) | https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl
- apk - jimtcl-dev - 0.83-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jimtcl-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An open-source, small footprint implementation of Tcl (development files) | https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl
- apk - jimtcl-doc - 0.83-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jimtcl-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An open-source, small footprint implementation of Tcl (documentation) | https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl
- apk - jimtcl-readline - 0.83-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jimtcl-readline from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interface to readline and Tcl wrapper for Jim Tcl | https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl
- apk - jimtcl-sqlite3 - 0.83-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: jimtcl-sqlite3 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Interface to sqlite3 for Jim Tcl | https://github.com/msteveb/jimtcl
- dnf - jimtcl - 0.84-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jimtcl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A small embeddable Tcl interpreter | http://jim.tcl.tk
- dnf - jimtcl-devel - 0.84-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: jimtcl-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for jimtcl | http://jim.tcl.tk
- pacman - jimtcl - 0.83-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: jimtcl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A small footprint implementation of Tcl | https://jim.tcl-lang.org/home/doc/www/www/index.html


## Combined YAML source

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