# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 getxbook

查看 getxbook 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:getxbook
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install getxbook
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#getxbook
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:getxbook
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/getxbook>
- **版本:** 1.2
- **来源摘要:** Tools to download ebooks from various sources
- **主页:** <https://njw.name/getxbook/>
- **上游文档:** <https://njw.name/getxbook/>
- **许可证:** ISC
- **源码归档:** <https://njw.name/getxbook/getxbook-1.2.tar.xz>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 可执行文件

- getabook (cli)
- getbnbook (cli)
- getgbook (cli)
- getabook (别名)
- getbnbook (别名)
- getgbook (别名)

## 依赖

- openssl@3

## 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: 1.2
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://njw.name/getxbook/
- 信息: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 信息: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## 项目历史与用法

getxbook is a small C toolkit for downloading page images from Google Books previews, Amazon Look Inside, and Barnes & Noble Book Viewer. Its place in package history is tied to offline reading, book privacy, and scriptable capture of preview-page services rather than to a large application ecosystem.

### 项目历史

Nick White published getxbook as a collection of one-purpose tools: getgbook for Google Books, getabook for Amazon, getbnbook for Barnes & Noble, and an optional Tcl/Tk graphical frontend. The official page frames the project around reading privacy and offline control of page scans, while the download list records public source and binary releases in 2013 and 2015.

### 采用历史

Adoption remained niche but visible in Unix package-manager culture. Homebrew carried the macOS formula, and the input package facts also list Nix packaging, which fits the tool's small, source-buildable shape.

### 使用方式

Practitioners use getxbook by choosing the site-specific command for a book source, letting the tool save page images into a local directory, and resuming partial downloads when a run is stopped. The surrounding scripts support conversion workflows such as searchable PDF, DjVu, and OCR-derived text.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

getxbook is notable as a compact, portable C package with few dependencies beyond libc, sockets, and OpenSSL. For package maintainers, that makes it a classic small utility: easy to build, easy to audit, and heavily shaped by the fragility of the remote services it automates.

### 时间线

- 2013: Version 1.1 binaries were published for Linux and Windows.
- 2015: Version 1.2 source was published.
- Homebrew era: A macOS formula made the command-line tools installable with brew.

### Related projects

- The official comparison page discusses PySheng, Google Book Downloader, and a Google Book Downloader userscript as nearby tools with narrower service coverage or heavier dependencies.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/getxbook>
- <https://github.com/phracker/getxbook/blob/master/getxbook.1>
- <https://njw.name/getxbook/>
- <https://njw.name/getxbook/comparison>


## 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:** getxbook
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - getxbook: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/getxbook/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 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.
- [Productivity CLI packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db.
- [openssl@3](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [joe](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/joe/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c, cli, productivity.
- [moodle-dl](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/moodle-dl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, downloader, productivity.
- [nedit](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/nedit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c, cli, productivity.
- [liblouis](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/liblouis/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c, cli, productivity.
- [yuque-dl](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/yuque-dl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, downloader, productivity.
- [zile](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/zile/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c, cli, productivity.
- [snownews](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/snownews/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c, cli, productivity.
- [odt2txt](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/odt2txt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: c, cli, productivity.
- [megatools](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/megatools/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, download, openssl, openssl-3, productivity.
- [alpine](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/alpine/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, openssl, openssl-3, productivity.

## Combined YAML source

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