# Install mp3wrap with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Wrap two or more mp3 files in a single large file. Version 0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install mp3wrap.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mp3wrap
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mp3wrap
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mp3wrap
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/mp3wrap/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install mp3wrap
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mp3wrap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mp3wrap
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.5
- **Source summary:** Wrap two or more mp3 files in a single large file
- **Homepage:** <https://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-18T00:31:51+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mp3wrap (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.5
## Project history and usage

Mp3Wrap is a command-line MP3 packing utility written by Matteo Trotta. Its homepage describes it as a free, open-source alternative to AlbumWrap: it joins two or more MP3 files into one playable MP3 without decoding or re-encoding, while preserving enough filename and index information for extraction.

### Project history

The program's format and workflow are tied to mp3splt. A wrapped file is conventionally named with an MP3WRAP marker, carries ID3v2 information used by split tools, and can be restored into original tracks with mp3splt's wrap mode. Mp3Wrap also supports listing the contents of a wrapped file, appending files to an existing archive, and embedding non-MP3 side files such as playlists, text notes, or cover images.

### How it is used

Its package-manager role is historical but clear: it represents an early-2000s way to distribute album-length MP3 bundles as a single download while keeping track boundaries recoverable. That use case overlaps with AlbumWrap and archive-based distribution habits, but Mp3Wrap remains useful when encountering old MP3WRAP albums or creating compatible bundles for mp3splt.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp3wrap>
- <https://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/about.php>
- <https://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/faq.html>
- <https://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/man.html>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - mp3wrap - 0.5-4.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mp3wrap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Utility for MP3 wrapping (rolling multiple MP3s into one) | https://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/
- Ubuntu apt - mp3wrap - 0.5-4build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mp3wrap from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Utility for MP3 wrapping (rolling multiple MP3s into one) | http://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - mp3wrap: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/mp3wrap/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mp3wrap.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mp3wrap.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