pkg.sopackage field notes

brew / rank 15989

Install gpcslots2 with Homebrew

Casino text-console game. Version 0.4.5b via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gpcslots2

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

Casino text-console game

Commands and aliases

  • gpcslots2

history

Project history and usage

gpcslots2 is a small Perl console casino game hosted on SourceForge, packaged for Homebrew as a niche text-mode game rather than as a broadly adopted developer or system tool.

Project history

The SourceForge project page describes gpcslots2 as a free and open source casino text-console game, credited to mikeeusa2 and noekalin. Its file area shows the gpcslots2_0-4-5b archive dated 2012-08-26, while the project page lists the same registration date.

Adoption history

Adoption appears narrow. The official SourceForge page reports the project in the Console Games category and shows very low weekly download activity in the browsed project metadata, so its package-manager presence is mostly useful for preserving availability of a small terminal game.

How it is used

The official project description lists slot machines, roulette variants, dice games, a bank, a stock market, Sic Bo, and casino play. Homebrew exposes it as the `gpcslots2` executable.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, gpcslots2 is an example of the long tail that Homebrew and SourceForge make installable: a single-purpose console game with little configuration surface and a small upstream footprint.

Timeline

  • 2012-08-26: SourceForge project registration and gpcslots2_0-4-5b file timestamp.
  • 2019-04-03: SourceForge file area records a notes entry.
  • 2020-12-17: SourceForge project metadata records a later project update and signing entry.

Related projects

  • Related package-manager context includes other terminal and console games, especially small casino, dice, and roulette games distributed as scripts or simple native executables.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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

CommandKindExposureNote
gpcslots2executableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.4.5b
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gpcslots2
Version0.4.5b
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcslots2/
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • curated package history
  • pkgdb category and tag curation