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Install librealsense with Homebrew, dnf, Nix, zypper

Intel RealSense D400 series and SR300 capture. Version 2.58.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#librealsense.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install librealsense

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install librealsense

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · librealsense · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#librealsense

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/librealsense/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install librealsense

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · librealsense · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Intel RealSense D400 series and SR300 capture

Commands and aliases

  • realsense-viewer
  • rs-align
  • rs-align-advanced
  • rs-align-gl
  • rs-benchmark
  • rs-callback
  • rs-capture
  • rs-color
  • rs-convert
  • rs-data-collect
  • rs-depth
  • rs-depth-quality
  • rs-distance
  • rs-embed
  • rs-embedded-filters
  • rs-enumerate-devices
  • rs-eth-config
  • rs-fw-logger
  • rs-fw-update
  • rs-gl
  • rs-hdr
  • rs-hello-realsense
  • rs-infrared
  • rs-labeled-pointcloud
  • rs-measure
  • rs-motion
  • rs-multicam
  • rs-object-detection
  • rs-on-chip-calib
  • rs-pointcloud
  • rs-post-processing
  • rs-record

history

Project history and usage

librealsense is the open source SDK and tool suite for Intel RealSense depth cameras. In package-manager terms it is the bridge between commodity depth-sensing hardware and Unix developer workflows: install the library, plug in a camera, then use tools such as realsense-viewer, rs-enumerate-devices, rs-record, and language wrappers instead of a vendor-only GUI.

Project history

The public release line began with v0.9 pre-release on January 21, 2016, then moved through 1.x releases for RealSense models such as ZR300 during 2016 and early 2017. The 2.x line is presented by the project as RealSense SDK 2.0, a cross-platform library for RealSense depth cameras that exposes depth and color streams plus calibration metadata.

The README describes support across Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and Docker, and highlights wrappers and examples for Python, ROS, C#, Unity, and other environments. The project later migrated its GitHub organization from IntelRealSense to RealSenseAI while keeping redirects from the older URL.

Adoption history

Adoption has followed the RealSense hardware line: robotics, 3D scanning, drones, skeletal and people tracking, and facial-authentication workflows all depend on being able to script and package camera access. The repository README lists thousands of dependent GitHub projects, stars, and forks, reflecting use well beyond Intel's sample applications.

For Homebrew users, the package is useful because it bundles both the SDK library and the practical diagnostics/conversion tools that developers need when calibrating cameras, recording rosbag data, checking firmware, or debugging USB and platform backends.

How it is used

Typical use starts with realsense-viewer for interactive camera inspection, rs-enumerate-devices for inventory, rs-fw-update for firmware work, and small C++ or Python programs using the pipeline API. The SDK is commonly built from source with CMake when users need platform-specific backend choices or non-default wrappers.

Why package nerds care

librealsense is package-nerd interesting because it turns a finicky hardware SDK into ordinary package-manager material: shared libraries, udev/platform integration, CMake options, examples, CLI tools, and language bindings. It also sits at the collision point between vendor firmware, Linux kernels, USB behavior, ROS, Python wheels, and desktop package policies.

Timeline

  • 2016-01-21: v0.9 pre-release published on GitHub.
  • 2017-01-05: v1.12.1 release published for ZR300-era RealSense hardware.
  • 2017-2018: RealSense SDK 2.0 became the project's main public SDK line.
  • 2025-2026: 2.57.x and 2.58.x releases continued adding camera, viewer, build, Python, ROS, and platform fixes.

Related projects

  • Related projects include Intel/RealSense firmware packages, ROS and ROS 2 RealSense integrations, pyrealsense2, OpenCV-based examples, and the broader RealSenseAI hardware and documentation sites.

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

  • text:cloud
  • text:record

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
realsense-viewerexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-alignexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-align-advancedexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-align-glexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-benchmarkexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-callbackexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-captureexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-colorexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-convertexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-data-collectexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-depthexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-depth-qualityexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-distanceexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-embedexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-embedded-filtersexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-enumerate-devicesexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-eth-configexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-fw-loggerexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-fw-updateexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-glexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-hdrexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-hello-realsenseexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-infraredexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-labeled-pointcloudexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-measureexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-motionexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-multicamexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-object-detectionexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-on-chip-calibexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-pointcloudexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-post-processingexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-recordexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-record-playbackexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-rosbag-inspectorexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-save-to-diskexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-sensor-controlexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-software-deviceexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
rs-terminalexecutableindexed 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 version2.58.3
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:librealsense
Version2.58.3
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense
Repositoryhttps://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

librealsense

nix profile install nixpkgs#librealsense
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/librealsense/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

librealsense 2.58.2-5.fc45

Cross-platform camera capture for Intel RealSense

https://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense

sudo dnf install librealsense
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 13 dependencies
  • 6 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: librealsense from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

librealsense-devel 2.58.2-5.fc45

Development files for librealsense

https://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense

sudo dnf install librealsense-devel
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 8 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: librealsense-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

librealsense-doc 2.58.2-5.fc45

Documentation for librealsense

https://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense

sudo dnf install librealsense-doc
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: librealsense-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

python3-librealsense 2.58.2-5.fc45

Python bindings for librealsense

https://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense

sudo dnf install python3-librealsense
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 9 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-librealsense from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

python3-librealsense-devel 2.58.2-5.fc45

Python development files for librealsense

https://github.com/realsenseai/librealsense

sudo dnf install python3-librealsense-devel
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 3 dependencies
  • 5 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-librealsense-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

librealsense 2.58.1-1.3

Library for Intel RealSense depth cameras

https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense

sudo zypper install librealsense
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 9 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: librealsense from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

librealsense-devel 2.58.1-1.3

Headers and library for librealsense

https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense

sudo zypper install librealsense-devel
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 10 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: librealsense-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

librealsense-examples 2.58.1-1.3

Examples for librealsense

https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense

sudo zypper install librealsense-examples
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 12 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: librealsense-examples from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

librealsense2_58 2.58.1-1.3

Library for Intel RealSense depth cameras

https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense

sudo zypper install librealsense2_58
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: librealsense
  • 10 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Librealsense
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: librealsense2_58 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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