# Install simg2img with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Tool to convert Android sparse images to raw images and back. Version 1.1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#simg2img.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:simg2img
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install simg2img
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install simg2img
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/simg2img/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#simg2img
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/si/simg2img/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:simg2img
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Source summary:** Tool to convert Android sparse images to raw images and back
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/anestisb/android-simg2img>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/anestisb/android-simg2img>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- append2simg (alias)
- img2simg (alias)
- simg2img (alias)
- simg2simg (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.5

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - simg2img: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/si/simg2img/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - simg2img: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/simg2img/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/simg2img.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/simg2img.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph