# Install libvisual with Homebrew, dnf, apt, zypper Audio Visualization tool and library. Version 0.4.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libvisual-0.4-0. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libvisual ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libvisual ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libvisual ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libvisual from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libvisual-0.4-0 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libvisual-0.4-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libvisual-0_4-0 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvisual-0_4-0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libvisual - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.4.2 - **Source summary:** Audio Visualization tool and library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - lv-tool-0.4 (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.4.2 ## Project history and usage libvisual is an audio-visualization framework that lets applications feed audio streams into visualization plugins and display the resulting graphics through supported output paths. ### Project history The project presents itself as Libvisual, with a homepage tagline of making music visual and a GitHub repository that distinguishes the maintained 0.4.x branch from master development toward 0.5.x and later. The repository tag list preserves older libvisual, plugin, and XMMS-era release tags, reflecting its roots in classic desktop music-visualization plugin stacks. ### Adoption history Its adoption is narrower than core multimedia codecs, but it filled a recognizable packaging niche for applications that wanted visualization effects without each player inventing its own plugin API. Distribution packages often keep the 0.4 line available for older consumers. ### How it is used Applications link the library to host visual plugins, and the package also includes lv-tool-0.4 for command-line interaction with the 0.4 stack. ### Why package nerds care libvisual is interesting as old-school Linux desktop media plumbing: a shared ABI and plugin model for visualizers, with separate historical tags for core, plugins, and XMMS integration. ### Timeline - 2005-2013: Project homepage copyright range covers the original public project era. - 0.1.x and 0.2.x: Early public tags for libvisual, plugins, and XMMS integration appear in the repository. - 0.4.x: Long-lived maintenance branch using C99, C++11, and Autotools. - 0.5.x: Master branch development moved toward C11, C++20, and CMake. ### Related projects - libvisual-plugins provided visualization plugins for the core library. - libvisual-xmms connected the stack to the XMMS player ecosystem. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libvisual-0.4-0 - 0.4.2-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvisual-0.4-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio visualization framework | http://libvisual.org - Debian apt - libvisual-0.4-dev - 0.4.2-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libvisual-0.4-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | audio visualization framework (development files) | http://libvisual.org - Debian apt - lv-tool-0.4 - 0.4.2-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lv-tool-0.4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tool from Libvisual to visualize a music from audio players | http://libvisual.org - Ubuntu apt - libvisual-0.4-0 - 0.4.2-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvisual-0.4-0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio visualization framework | http://libvisual.org - Ubuntu apt - libvisual-0.4-dev - 0.4.2-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libvisual-0.4-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | audio visualization framework (development files) | http://libvisual.org - Ubuntu apt - lv-tool-0.4 - 0.4.2-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lv-tool-0.4 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tool from Libvisual to visualize a music from audio players | http://libvisual.org - dnf - libvisual - 0.4.2-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libvisual from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Abstraction library for audio visualisation plugins | https://github.com/Libvisual/libvisual - dnf - libvisual-devel - 0.4.2-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libvisual-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libvisual | https://github.com/Libvisual/libvisual - dnf - libvisual-tools - 0.4.2-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libvisual-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Command-line tools for libvisual | https://github.com/Libvisual/libvisual - zypper - libvisual-0_4-0 - 0.4.0-207.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvisual-0_4-0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Sound Visualization library | http://localhost.nl/~synap/libvisual-wiki/index.php/Main_Page - zypper - libvisual-0_4-0-32bit - 0.4.0-207.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvisual-0_4-0-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Sound Visualization library | http://localhost.nl/~synap/libvisual-wiki/index.php/Main_Page - zypper - libvisual-devel - 0.4.0-207.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libvisual-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Headers for the libvisual sound visualization library | http://localhost.nl/~synap/libvisual-wiki/index.php/Main_Page ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libvisual.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libvisual.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