# Install etl with Homebrew, pacman, apt, dnf

Extensible Template Library. Version 1.5.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install etl-dev.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:etl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install etl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S etl
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install etl-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: etl-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ETL-devel
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:etl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.5
- **Source summary:** Extensible Template Library
- **Homepage:** <https://synfig.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/synfig/synfig>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ETL-config (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.5
## Project history and usage

ETL is packaged as Synfig's Extensible Template Library, a C++ support library associated with the Synfig animation stack.

### Project history

The Homebrew package facts identify `etl` as the Extensible Template Library and point to Synfig's official source repository. The current Synfig repository describes itself as the official source code repository for Synfig Studio animation software, with Synfig available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

### Adoption history

The input package facts list ETL packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, and Arch/Pacman, indicating that downstream Unix-like distributions have treated it as a separately consumable development package.

### How it is used

Package users typically install ETL for its development headers and `ETL-config` helper rather than as an end-user application. It is closely tied to building or packaging Synfig-related code.

### Why package nerds care

ETL matters to package maintainers because it is a small but historically separate C++ development component in the Synfig stack, exposed by multiple distributions as `etl`, `etl-dev`, or `ETL-devel`.

### Timeline

- 2011: Current official Synfig GitHub repository created.
- 2020s: Synfig changelog continues to tag ETL-affecting changes alongside core and studio changes.

### Related projects

- Synfig Studio
- Synfig Core
- C++ template libraries

### Sources

- GitHub API for synfig/synfig repository metadata.
- Official Synfig ChangeLog.md.
- Official Synfig README.
- source_facts.description
- source_facts.executables
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - etl-dev - 1.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: etl-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Extended Class and Template Library | http://www.synfig.org/
- Ubuntu apt - etl-dev - 1.5.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: etl-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Extended Class and Template Library | http://www.synfig.org/
- dnf - ETL-devel - 1.5.4-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ETL-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ETL | http://synfig.org
- pacman - etl - 1.4.5-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: etl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | VoriaETL: C++ STL complementory multiplatform template library | https://www.synfig.org/


## Combined YAML source

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