# Install aamath with Homebrew, MacPorts

Renders mathematical expressions as ASCII art. Version 0.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-17. Also installable with macports: sudo port install aamath.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:aamath
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install aamath
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install aamath
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: math/aamath/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:aamath
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.3
- **Source summary:** Renders mathematical expressions as ASCII art
- **Homepage:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20260501180020/http://fuse.superglue.se/aamath/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-17T09:28:30-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- aamath (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.3
## Project history and usage

aamath is a small command-line utility that reads mathematical expressions in infix notation and renders them as ASCII art for text-only communication.

### Project history

The official project homepage listed by the package metadata is fuse.superglue.se, and Homebrew packages the 0.3 source release from the original upstream tarball with a NetBSD distfiles mirror. The source ChangeLog records a compact 2005 release series ending at version 0.3.

### Adoption history

The supplied package metadata records aamath in Homebrew and MacPorts. Homebrew also carries a local patch for modern builds, which is typical of small older Unix utilities that remain useful but no longer have an active upstream VCS workflow.

### How it is used

The documented use is direct terminal execution: run `aamath` with an expression argument or interactively, then paste or send the resulting plain-text formula through media such as email, newsgroups, terminal sessions, and text documentation.

### Why package nerds care

aamath matters as a tiny package-manager survivor: a lex/yacc-era C++ utility preserved because package systems can keep old text-processing tools buildable long after their original homepage becomes fragile.

### Timeline

- 2005-03-02: Version 0.1 first release recorded in the ChangeLog.
- 2005-03-07: Version 0.2 added determinants, nabla, and radical-rendering improvements.
- 2005-06-22: Version 0.3 added command-line expression input and man page cleanup.

### Related projects

- Related contexts include terminal math rendering, computer algebra text output, AsciiMath-style notation, and lightweight plain-text documentation workflows.

### Sources

- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/master/Formula/a/aamath.rb>
- source_facts.description
- source_facts.homepage
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - aamath: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: math/aamath/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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