# Install gpac with Homebrew, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, scoop, winget Multimedia framework for research and academic purposes. Version 26.07.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-24. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#gpac. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gpac ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gpac ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gpac ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/gpac/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gpac ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gpac from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gpac ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gp/gpac/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S gpac ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gpac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gpac ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gpac from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install gpac ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: gpac from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.7743998','highlight' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/gpac ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gpac.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id GPAC.GPAC -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: GPAC.GPAC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gpac - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 26.07.0 - **Source summary:** Multimedia framework for research and academic purposes - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-24T18:05:11Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - MP4Box (alias) - gpac (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 26.07.0 ## Project history and usage GPAC is an open-source multimedia framework for standards-oriented media processing, packaging, streaming, playback, inspection, and interaction. It is especially known in packaging circles for MP4Box and for deep support of MP4/ISOBMFF, MPEG-DASH, CMAF, and related media standards. ### Project history The GPAC FAQ says the project's seeds were planted by Jean Le Feuvre in New York while working on MPEG-4 ideas, and that researchers later helped keep the codebase available as a fully open-source project. The repository README says GPAC started as a startup in NYC, gained traction from research and a nascent multimedia community, and was open-sourced in 2003. The Git repository history imported from earlier CVS begins in 2005, and the project later moved through long-running 0.x releases to 1.x, 2.x, and calendar-style 26.x release tags. The README identifies Telecom Paris's MultiMedia group as the main development home, with external contributors and industrial R&D collaborations. ### Adoption history GPAC's adoption is strongest where media engineers need standards-conformant tooling rather than a single-purpose transcoder. Its README names video enthusiasts, academic researchers, standardization bodies, and professional broadcasters as common audiences, and the project provides installers and packages across desktop, server, and mobile platforms. ### How it is used Users commonly invoke MP4Box for MP4 import, extraction, inspection, DASH segmentation, RTP hinting, and packaging operations. The `gpac` application exposes the framework's filter engine directly, letting users build arbitrary media-processing pipelines from filters. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, GPAC is the kind of media package that pulls weight far beyond its formula name: MP4Box is a fixture in packaging scripts, test corpora, streaming workflows, and academic demos, while libgpac and bindings make the framework embeddable. The challenge is balancing a large codec/container feature surface with reproducible builds and platform-specific media dependencies. ### Timeline - 2003: GPAC is open-sourced according to the official README. - 2005: CVS-derived repository history begins in the Git import. - 2015: v0.5.2 is tagged as the first GitHub-versioned release in the repository history. - 2020: v0.9.0 and v1.0.0 tags appear around the filter-era framework work cited by the README. - 2022: v2.0.0 is tagged as GPAC 2.0. - 2026: v26.02.0 is tagged as GPAC Release 26.02. ### Related projects - MP4Box is the best-known GPAC command-line tool and shares the same source tree. - libgpac is the embeddable library beneath GPAC tools. - MP4Box.js is a JavaScript project inspired by GPAC's MP4Box tool. - The GPAC testsuite repository carries conformance and regression tests for the framework. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - gpac: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gp/gpac/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - gpac - 2.2.1+dfsg1-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gpac from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities | https://gpac.wp.mines-telecom.fr/ - Ubuntu apt - gpac-modules-base - 2.2.1+dfsg1-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gpac-modules-base from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GPAC Project on Advanced Content - modules | https://gpac.wp.mines-telecom.fr/ - Ubuntu apt - libgpac-dev - 2.2.1+dfsg1-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgpac-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GPAC Project on Advanced Content - development files | https://gpac.wp.mines-telecom.fr/ - Ubuntu apt - libgpac12t64 - 2.2.1+dfsg1-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgpac12t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GPAC Project on Advanced Content - shared libraries | https://gpac.wp.mines-telecom.fr/ - dnf - gpac - 26.02.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gpac from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | MPEG-4 multimedia framework | https://gpac.io/ - dnf - gpac-devel - 26.02.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gpac-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries and files for gpac | https://gpac.io/ - dnf - gpac-doc - 26.02.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gpac-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for gpac | https://gpac.io/ - dnf - gpac-libs - 26.02.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gpac-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library for gpac | https://gpac.io/ - dnf - gpac-static - 26.02.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gpac-static from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries and files for gpac | https://gpac.io/ - pacman - gpac - 1:26.07.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gpac from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A multimedia framework based on the MPEG-4 Systems standard | https://gpac.wp.imt.fr/ - MacPorts - gpac: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/gpac/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - gpac: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: gpac from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.7743998','highlight' - Scoop - main/gpac: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gpac.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - GPAC.GPAC: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: GPAC.GPAC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gpac.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gpac.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