# Install gabedit with Homebrew, dnf, apt

GUI to computational chemistry packages like Gamess-US, Gaussian, etc. Version 2.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install gabedit.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gabedit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gabedit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install gabedit
```

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

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gabedit
```

  Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gabedit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gabedit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.5.1
- **Source summary:** GUI to computational chemistry packages like Gamess-US, Gaussian, etc.
- **Homepage:** <https://gabedit.sourceforge.net/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:41+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gabedit (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.5.1
## Project history and usage

Gabedit is a graphical user interface for computational chemistry packages. It helps prepare inputs and visualize results for tools such as GAMESS-US, Gaussian, Molcas, Molpro, MPQC, MOPAC, Orca, PC-Gamess, Q-Chem, and related chemistry engines.

### Project history

Gabedit is authored by Abdul-Rahman Allouche and hosted on SourceForge, where the project metadata records a February 2006 creation date. The official homepage presents it as a molecular modeling and visualization GUI rather than a command-line-first utility.

The homepage cites Allouche's 2011 Journal of Computational Chemistry article about Gabedit as a graphical user interface for computational chemistry software, reflecting its use as a companion GUI around many independent calculation packages.

### Adoption history

Gabedit's adoption path is typical of scientific desktop software: upstream documentation and downloads live on SourceForge and the author's Google Sites pages, while the supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew, Fedora/dnf, and Ubuntu packages.

Its appeal is broad compatibility with computational chemistry backends and file formats, not a single solver of its own.

### How it is used

Users use Gabedit to create input files for chemistry engines, inspect computed orbitals and surfaces, visualize spectra, build molecules, and export graphics or animation frames.

Because it is a GUI wrapper around many external scientific programs, packaging mostly needs to deliver the desktop application and its visualization stack rather than manage service credentials or global configuration files.

### Why package nerds care

Gabedit is notable as a SourceForge-era scientific GUI that remains packaged by modern Unix package managers. It represents the long tail of domain-specific desktop tools that package collections keep alive for researchers with older workflows.

### Timeline

- 2006: SourceForge project created.
- 2011: Journal of Computational Chemistry article cited by the official homepage.
- 2020s: Still present in Homebrew, Fedora/dnf, and Ubuntu according to the supplied package facts.

### Related projects

- Gabedit works alongside external chemistry packages including GAMESS-US, Gaussian, Molcas, Molpro, MPQC, MOPAC, Orca, PC-Gamess, Q-Chem, NWChem, and OpenMopac.
- The official documentation is split between SourceForge-hosted files and the author's Google Sites pages.

### Sources

- <https://gabedit.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit/manual>
- <https://sourceforge.net/rest/p/gabedit>
- <https://sourceforge.net/rest/p/gabedit/code/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Ubuntu apt - gabedit - 2.5.1+ds-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gabedit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | graphical user interface to Ab Initio packages | https://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit
- dnf - gabedit - 2.5.2-0.14_snap20220518.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gabedit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GUI for computational chemistry | http://gabedit.sourceforge.net/home.html


## Combined YAML source

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