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

vala 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:vala
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vala
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install vala
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add vala
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install vala
```

  証拠: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: vala from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S vala
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install vala
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libvala-0.56-0
```

  証拠: Debian stable package indexes: libvala-0.56-0 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:vala
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 0.56.19
- **ソース概要:** Compiler for the GObject type system
- **ホームページ:** <https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-22T14:06:33-07:00
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- vala (エイリアス)
- vala-0.56 (エイリアス)
- vala-gen-introspect (エイリアス)
- vala-gen-introspect-0.56 (エイリアス)
- valac (エイリアス)
- valac-0.56 (エイリアス)
- valadoc (エイリアス)
- valadoc-0.56 (エイリアス)
- vapigen (エイリアス)
- vapigen-0.56 (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: 0.56.19
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

Vala is a programming language and compiler for the GObject type system. Its package-manager identity is a compiler/toolchain package: it provides `valac`, versioned compiler binaries, `valadoc`, `vapigen`, and related tools used to build GNOME-style native software without adding a separate runtime ABI.

### プロジェクトの歴史

Vala appeared publicly in 2006 as a new language for GNOME developers. The August 2006 Vala 0.0.2 announcement called it a compiler for the GObject type system and described `valac` as a self-hosting compiler that translated Vala source into C source and headers.

The early design goal was to bring modern language features to GNOME developers without imposing extra runtime requirements or a different ABI from C applications and libraries. The announcement described syntax similar to C#, modified for GObject, with interfaces, properties, signals, foreach, lambda expressions, type inference, assisted memory management, and planned generics and exception handling.

Modern Vala documentation preserves that identity: Vala uses high-level abstractions while keeping the same ABI as C libraries, uses the GObject type system, and includes code-generation routines that make targeting the GNOME stack simple.

### 採用の歴史

Vala grew inside GNOME's development world, where the value proposition was native GObject/GLib code with a higher-level syntax and generated C output. The retired GNOME project page calls it a cross-platform development tool and notes third-party distributions for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSDs, and other platforms.

Packaging spread reflects that compiler-toolchain role. The input lists packages across Homebrew, Alpine, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Arch, Ubuntu, openSUSE, and zypper-style ecosystems, usually exposing both libraries and command-line tools.

### 使われ方

The central tool is `valac`, which the official documentation describes as transforming Vala code into compilable C code. The Vala distribution also includes tools such as `valadoc`, `vapigen`, and `vala-gen-introspect` for documentation and bindings work.

`vapigen` is especially important in package workflows because it generates VAPI bindings from GObject Introspection GIR files. The official binding guide explains that Vala bindings are usually small files that let `valac` map Vala code to C APIs and integrate with pkg-config-oriented builds.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

Vala matters to package nerds because it is both a language and a source-to-C compiler bound tightly to GLib, GObject, GIR, pkg-config, VAPI files, and distro development packages. Build failures often involve the exact Vala compiler version, generated C, missing VAPI files, or GObject introspection metadata rather than a simple missing binary.

The Homebrew package is useful outside Linux because it brings a GNOME-oriented compiler stack to macOS, including versioned tools like `valac-0.56`, `valadoc-0.56`, and `vapigen-0.56` listed in the input.

### タイムライン

- 2006: Vala 0.0.2 preview release is announced for the GObject type system.
- 2006: Vala 0.0.3 adds arrays, switch statements, and experimental GTK+ and Cairo bindings.
- 2021: Vala 0.40.25 is listed as a stable long-term-support release.
- 2022: Vala 0.48.25 is listed as a stable long-term-support release.
- 2024: Vala 0.56.17 is listed as a stable long-term-support release.

### Related projects

- GLib and GObject are the runtime and type-system foundations Vala targets.
- GObject Introspection, GIR files, VAPI files, pkg-config, and `vapigen` are central to Vala library binding workflows.
- Vala Language Server adds editor code intelligence on top of the Vala compiler stack.

### ソース

- <https://docs.vala.dev/>
- <https://docs.vala.dev/developer-guides/bindings/upstream-guide.html>
- <https://docs.vala.dev/tutorials/programming-language/main/07-00-tools.html>
- <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2006-August/msg00001.html>
- <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2006-August/msg00056.html>
- <https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala>
- source_facts.executables
- source_facts.package-manager


## セキュリティノート

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## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Debian apt - libvala-0.56-0 - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvala-0.56-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C# like language for the GObject system - library | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - libvala-0.56-dev - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvala-0.56-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C# like language for the GObject system - development headers | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - libvalacodegen-0.56-0 - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvalacodegen-0.56-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | internal package for C# like language for the GObject system | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - libvaladoc-0.56-0 - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvaladoc-0.56-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | API documentation generator for vala (library) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - libvaladoc-0.56-data - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvaladoc-0.56-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | API documentation generator for vala (data) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - libvaladoc-0.56-dev - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvaladoc-0.56-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | API documentation generator for vala (devel files) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - vala-0.56-doc - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vala-0.56-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C# like language for the GObject system - documentation | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - valac - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: valac from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C# like language for the GObject system | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - valac-0.56-vapi - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: valac-0.56-vapi from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C# like language for the GObject system - vapi files | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - valac-bin - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: valac-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | internal package for C# like language for the GObject system | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Debian apt - valadoc - 0.56.18-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: valadoc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | API documentation generator for vala | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Ubuntu apt - libvala-0.56-0 - 0.56.16-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvala-0.56-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C# like language for the GObject system - library | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Ubuntu apt - libvala-0.56-dev - 0.56.16-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvala-0.56-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C# like language for the GObject system - development headers | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Ubuntu apt - libvalacodegen-0.56-0 - 0.56.16-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvalacodegen-0.56-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | internal package for C# like language for the GObject system | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Ubuntu apt - libvaladoc-0.56-0 - 0.56.16-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvaladoc-0.56-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | API documentation generator for vala (library) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/
- Ubuntu apt - libvaladoc-0.56-data - 0.56.16-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvaladoc-0.56-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | API documentation generator for vala (data) | https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala/


## Combined YAML source

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