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Install cdsclient with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts

Tools for querying CDS databases for astronomical data. Version 4.07 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install cdsclient.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install cdsclient

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install cdsclient

MacPorts ports tree · science/cdsclient/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install cdsclient

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cdsclient · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

overview

Package summary

Tools for querying CDS databases for astronomical data

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

Detex
abibcode
aclient
aclient_cgi
catClient.py
catcat
find2mas6x
find2mass
find2mass6x
find2massi
find_cats
find_cats.gz
find_gen
find_gen1
findacro
findcat
findcfhtd
findcfhtw
findcmc14
findcmc15
findenis
findenis1
findenis2
findenis3
findgalex5a
findgalex5m
findglimpse
findgsc
findgsc1.1
findgsc1.2
findgsc1.3
findgsc2.2

history

Project history and usage

cdsclient is the Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg command-line client package for querying CDS Archive, VizieR, SIMBAD-adjacent bibliographic data, and large astronomical catalogs from Unix-like systems.

Project history

The official CDS documentation describes cdsclient as a set of C and shell routines buildable on Unix workstations and Linux PCs. Once compiled, the package queries CDS databases or network mirrors and provides both generic clients and catalog-specific fast paths.

The documentation page is versioned 30-Dec-2009 and records individual tool dates that trace the package's catalog-service role: vizquery is listed as a September 2003 generic VizieR query program, find_cats as a January 2008 large-survey query program, and many survey clients as later catalog-specific additions. The CDS software directory shows archived cdsclient releases 3.81 and 3.83 in 2016, 3.84 in 2017, and 4.07 in October 2024.

Adoption history

cdsclient is niche research infrastructure rather than a broad developer utility. Its adoption is visible through packaging in Unix-like distribution channels and through the long life of the CDS service model: astronomers can script catalog lookups instead of using only browser forms or interactive VizieR sessions.

How it is used

Users build the tarball with configure and make, then run tools such as vizquery, find_cats, find2mass, finducac, findsdss, findwise, simbib, and simref to retrieve catalog data, cross-match lists of positions, or look up bibliographic references. The CDS docs distinguish HTTP access for vizquery from the dedicated client protocol used by find_cats on port 1660, with proxy and fallback-server environment variables documented for institutional networks.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, cdsclient is a small example of classic scientific Unix software: no public forge is central to its identity, the authoritative source is an institutional tarball and documentation site, and the value is reproducible command-line access to large research data services.

Timeline

2003: Documentation lists vizquery as a generic VizieR query client.
2008: Documentation lists find_cats as a large-survey query client.
2009: cdsclient documentation page carries Version 30-Dec-2009.
2016: CDS software directory lists cdsclient 3.81 and 3.83 tarballs.
2017: CDS software directory lists cdsclient 3.84.
2024: CDS software directory lists cdsclient 4.07 and the current cdsclient.tar.gz dated 2024-10-22.

Related projects

VizieR is the CDS catalog service queried by vizquery.
SIMBAD, Sesame, CDS Archive, and the individual survey catalogs queried by find2mass, finducac, findsdss, and findwise are adjacent parts of the same astronomical-data workflow.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:database,client

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`Detex`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`abibcode`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`aclient`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`aclient_cgi`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`catClient.py`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`catcat`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find2mas6x`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find2mass`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find2mass6x`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find2massi`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find_cats`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find_cats.gz`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find_gen`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`find_gen1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findacro`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findcat`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findcfhtd`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findcfhtw`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findcmc14`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findcmc15`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findenis`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findenis1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findenis2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findenis3`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgalex5a`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgalex5m`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findglimpse`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgsc`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgsc1.1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgsc1.2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgsc1.3`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgsc2.2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findgsc2.3`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findigsl`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findiphas2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findkic`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findmc2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findmc_irsf`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findnomad1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findpmm1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findpmm2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findppmx`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findppmxl`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsage`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss-sp`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss3`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss4`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss5`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss6`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss7`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss8`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findsdss9`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findspm4`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findtyc2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findtycab`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`finducac1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`finducac2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`finducac3`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`finducac4`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findudxs8`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findudxs9`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findugcs8`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findugcs9`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findugps6`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findulas7`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findulas8`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findulas9`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findurat1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findusnoa1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findusnoa2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findusnob1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findviking1`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findwise`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findwise0`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findwise_pre`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`findwisep`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`lscat`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`simbib`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`simref`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`vizquery`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version4.07

manager updated

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cdsclient
Version	4.07
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/doc/cdsclient.html
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

dnf95%

cdsclient 4.07-8.fc45

Tools to query databases at CDS

https://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/doc/cdsclient.html

sudo dnf install cdsclient

License: GPL-3.0-only
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cdsclient
7 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Cdsclient

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

MacPorts95%

cdsclient

sudo port install cdsclient

normalized package name match
Matched by: Cdsclient

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: science/cdsclient/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/cdsclient.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
pkg.so package database
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