# 使用 Homebrew, apt 安装 aview 查看 aview 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。 ## 安装 ```sh sudo av install brew:aview ``` 其他安装命令: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install aview ``` 证据: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install aview ``` 证据: Debian stable package indexes: aview from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## 软件包事实 - **软件包键:** brew:aview - **软件包管理器:** Homebrew - **软件包管理器页面:** - **版本:** 1.3.0rc1 - **来源摘要:** ASCII-art image browser and animation viewer - **主页:** - **上游文档:** - **许可证:** GPL-2.0-only - **源码归档:** - **最后更新:** 2026-07-10T14:06:14-04:00 - **已生成:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## 可执行文件 - aaflip (cli) - asciiview (cli) - aview (cli) - aaflip (别名) - asciiview (别名) - aview (别名) ## 依赖 - aalib ## 安装行为 - post-install 钩子: 未定义 - Bottle: 可用 于 arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## 版本和新鲜度 - 页面生成时间: 2026-08-04 - 管理器版本: 1.3.0rc1 - 管理器更新时间: 2026-07-10 - 本地数据: OK - 上游仓库: https://aa-project.sourceforge.net/ - 信息: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 项目历史与用法 Aview is the AA-Project's terminal-oriented ASCII-art image browser and animation player. It displays PNM images and FLI/FLC animations through aalib targets such as curses, slang, stdio, X11, gpm, Linux console, and DOS video modes. ### 项目历史 Aview grew out of Jan Hubicka's experiments with rendering images as ASCII art on old Hercules secondary monitors. The README describes an early attempt to convert a Linux users group penguin logo with Netpbm tools, dissatisfaction with the result, and a new converter based on font bitmaps. The project became part of the broader AA-Project, whose intentionally playful goals included porting important software to AA-lib and making AA-lib available on many platforms. Aview packaged that rendering idea into a practical browser for PNM images, with companion tools such as `asciiview` and `aaflip`. ### 采用历史 Aview's official page records version 1.2 in 1998 and a 1.3.0 release candidate in 2001. The batch input shows it still packaged in Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu, which is typical for compact terminal media tools that remain useful and fun despite little upstream churn. Its adoption is bound to aalib and terminal culture: users install it less as a modern image viewer and more as a small demonstration that terminals, curses, and text-mode displays can still render recognisable graphics. ### 使用方式 `aview` opens PBM, PGM, PPM, or PNM images directly. On Unix, `asciiview` wraps conversion through Netpbm or ImageMagick so users can browse many image formats transparently, while `aaflip` plays FLI/FLC animations. The official README highlights contrast, brightness, gamma control, zooming, multiple dithering modes, inversion, and output to text-like formats. That makes Aview useful both as a viewer and as a way to generate ASCII-art representations. ### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心 Aview is a durable example of late-1990s terminal multimedia: tiny, portable, half demo-scene joke and half useful Unix command. It is kept in package managers because it exercises aalib, charms terminal users, and still does one unusual thing cleanly. The package also demonstrates the Unix habit of composing converters: Aview itself prefers simple PNM input, while `asciiview` delegates broader image decoding to Netpbm or ImageMagick. ### 时间线 - 1997: Official Aview page copyright by Jan Hubicka. - 1998: Version 1.2 released. - 2001: Version 1.3.0 release candidate 1 released. - Post-1.2: NEWS records automake conversion, bug fixes, glibc2 build fixes, and stdin support. ### Related projects - AA-lib is the rendering library behind Aview. - Netpbm and ImageMagick are used by the Unix `asciiview` script for image conversion. - XaoS is mentioned in the README as part of the author's path toward ASCII-art Mandelbrot rendering. ### 来源 - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## 安全说明 broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger 风险:** blue / 中 - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 源数据库详情 - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** aview - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 其他软件包管理器记录 - Debian apt - aview - 1.3.0rc1-11: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: aview from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high quality ASCII art image viewer and video player | https://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aview/ - Ubuntu apt - aview - 1.3.0rc1-9.2ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: aview from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | A high quality ASCII art image viewer and video player | http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aview/ ## 相关链接 - [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [aalib](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/aalib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libcaca](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/libcaca/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ascii-art, cli, media, terminal. - [viu](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/viu/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal. - [timg](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/timg/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal. - [libsixel](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/libsixel/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, media, terminal. - [catimg](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/catimg/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal. - [lsix](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/lsix/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal. - [terminalimageviewer](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/terminalimageviewer/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, image-viewer, media, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/aview.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/aview.yml) ## 来源 - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph