# zork を Homebrew, dnf でインストール

zork 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:zork
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zork
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install zork
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:zork
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 1.1.0
- **ソース概要:** Dungeon modified from FORTRAN to C
- **ホームページ:** <https://github.com/devshane/zork>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/devshane/zork>
- **最終更新:** 2026-06-30T08:37:39Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- zork (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: 1.1.0
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

The Homebrew zork package is not the commercial Infocom trilogy itself; it packages a C-port lineage of Dungeon, the mainframe Zork ancestor. That makes it part game, part software-preservation artifact, and part living example of how classic source leaks, ports, and public-domain distributions became installable Unix packages.

### プロジェクトの歴史

Zork began at MIT in 1977 as a PDP-10 text adventure written in MDL by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling. The mainframe game grew into the Great Underground Empire world and later became the basis for Infocom's commercial Zork I, II, and III releases for personal computers.

The package lineage follows the Dungeon branch. The devshane repository says its codebase is a C port derived from the FORTRAN source of Zork 2.6, while the implementation history records a chain from MDL to DEC FORTRAN, then f77 for Unix, then C through f2c. The README frames current maintenance as code preservation: keep the game logic and behavior accurate while making it compile on modern systems.

Original Dungeon documentation preserved by MIT says the PDP-11 Dungeon source release was superseded by commercial ZORK in 1980, and it emphasizes that the Infocom product was rewritten for small machines with a better parser and terminal support. That distinction is central: this package preserves a mainframe-descended branch rather than merely repackaging a retail game binary.

### 採用の歴史

Zork's adoption history predates modern package managers: it circulated through mainframe communities, DEC users, and then commercial microcomputer releases by Infocom. Dungeon, the FORTRAN/C branch, survived because source distributions and ports made the mainframe-style game buildable outside its original environment.

As a modern package, zork appeals to retrocomputing users, interactive-fiction readers, and Unix package collectors who want a runnable classic from source. Fedora packaging and the GitHub preservation repository show the project's role as an installable artifact rather than just a museum listing.

### 使われ方

The executable launches a text parser adventure: the player types commands, explores rooms, collects treasures, solves puzzles, and navigates the familiar white-house opening. There is no GUI and no network service; the package is meant for terminal play and source-preservation builds.

For maintainers, the practical work is mostly portability: keeping old translated C building cleanly with modern compilers while avoiding behavior changes that would turn preservation into a remake.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

zork is package-nerd significant because it compresses a huge amount of computing history into one small command. Installing it links a modern package manager to MIT AI Lab culture, DEC FORTRAN ports, Unix f77, f2c translation, Infocom's commercial rewrite, and the preservation habits of retro source communities.

It is also a reminder that package names can hide lineage. The thing installed as zork is historically Dungeon/Zork source, not simply Zork I from a store shelf; knowing that difference is exactly the kind of detail package nerds care about.

### タイムライン

- 1977: Zork begins at MIT as a PDP-10 MDL text adventure.
- 1978: Bob Supnik translates the MDL source into DEC FORTRAN for the PDP-11, creating the Dungeon branch.
- 1980: Infocom announces the commercial ZORK: The Great Underground Empire - Part I, rewritten for smaller machines.
- 1981: The FORTRAN version is converted for Unix f77.
- 1985: The Unix lineage is adapted for VAX/Unix with fuller save/restore and debugging support.
- 1991: The preserved C implementation reports a March 1991 creation date in the current repository output.
- 2013-present: The devshane-maintained repository treats the code as a preservation project for modern C compilers and operating systems.

### Related projects

- Adventure / Colossal Cave: the earlier text adventure that influenced Zork and Dungeon.
- Infocom Zork I, II, and III: the commercial trilogy derived from and expanded beyond the mainframe game.
- MDL / MUDDLE: the original implementation language of mainframe Zork.
- f2c: the FORTRAN-to-C translator used in the C implementation lineage.
- IF Archive and historicalsource repositories: preservation hubs for interactive-fiction source and artifacts.

### ソース

- <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork>
- <https://github.com/devshane/zork>
- <https://web.mit.edu/games/src/dungeon/History>
- <https://www.ifwiki.org/Zork_%28game%29>


## 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

- dnf - zork - 1.1.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: zork from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Public Domain original DUNGEON game (AKA, Zork) | https://github.com/devshane/zork


## Combined YAML source

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