# Install librcsc with Homebrew RoboCup Soccer Simulator library. Version 2026 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:librcsc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install librcsc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:librcsc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2026 - **Source summary:** RoboCup Soccer Simulator library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - librcsc-config (alias) - librcscenv (alias) - rcg2csv (alias) - rcg2txt (alias) - rcgrenameteam (alias) - rcgresultprinter (alias) - rcgreverse (alias) - rcgvalidator (alias) - rcgverconv (alias) - rcgversion (alias) - rclmscheduler (alias) - rclmtableprinter (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2026 ## Project history and usage librcsc is the HELIOS base C++ library for building RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D teams and related log, analysis, and support tools. ### Project history The librcsc README describes it as a basic library for developing simulated soccer teams and related tools for the RoboCup Soccer Simulation, with compatibility work for rcssserver-18. Its repository belongs to the helios-base organization, tying it to the HELIOS sample team ecosystem. A 2013 RoboCup symposium paper on HELIOS Base describes the base as a common library, sample team, visual debugger, and formation editor meant to reduce the infrastructure burden for multiagent soccer simulation teams. That paper frames librcsc's role: provide networking, synchronization, world modeling, and simulator-facing support so researchers can focus on team behavior. ### Adoption history librcsc's adoption is narrower than general-purpose libraries, but within RoboCup Soccer Simulation it is important infrastructure. The GitHub tag history shows RoboCup-year snapshots from 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, suggesting it is maintained around competition cycles. ### How it is used Users build librcsc before building HELIOS base or related tools. The package includes development helpers and utilities such as librcsc-config, log converters, result printers, version converters, and scheduler/table utilities for RoboCup soccer-simulation workflows. ### Why package nerds care librcsc is a niche package, but it is interesting because it packages a competition research stack as a reusable C++ library. For package managers, it turns RoboCup 2D simulation from a bundle of local academic build scripts into an installable dependency. ### Timeline - 1997: RoboCup held its first official games and conference, including simulation roots described by the RoboCup history page. - 2013: HELIOS Base paper presented the common-library/sample-team/tooling package for RoboCup Soccer 2D Simulation. - 2013: librcsc repository tags include RoboCup 2013 round snapshots. - 2019: librcsc tags include RoboCup 2019 and RoboCup 2019 final snapshots. - 2023: librcsc release support-v18 added support for rcssserver-18. - 2024: librcsc tag rc2024 recorded a RoboCup-cycle snapshot. ### Related projects - librcsc is related to helios-base, soccerwindow2, rcssserver, the RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D league, and the broader RoboCup competition ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/librcsc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/librcsc.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph