# 使用 Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper 安装 autotrace
查看 autotrace 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:autotrace
```
其他安装命令:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install autotrace
```
证据: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install autotrace
```
证据: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/autotrace/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install autotrace
```
证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#autotrace
```
证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/autotrace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install autotrace
```
证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## 软件包事实
- **软件包键:** brew:autotrace
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.31.10
- **来源摘要:** Convert bitmap to vector graphics
- **主页:**
- **仓库:**
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-06T11:06:08Z
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## 可执行文件
- autotrace (别名)
## 安装行为
- Bottle: 不可用
## 版本和新鲜度
- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 0.31.10
## 项目历史与用法
AutoTrace is a bitmap-to-vector converter and library. It sits in the same practical family as potrace and vectorization tools, turning raster images into formats such as SVG, EPS, PDF, DXF, and related vector outputs.
### 项目历史
The official README says AutoTrace was originally developed by Martin Weber and that some code was derived from GNU fontutils' `limn`, although most was rewritten. That origin explains both the traditional Unix graphics-tool feel and the split between command-line utility and embeddable library.
The modern GitHub repository was created in 2013 and carries the project forward with build automation, cross-platform CI, translation infrastructure, and package-manager installation notes. The README also identifies `libautotrace` as a library interface, with the program under GPL and the library under LGPL.
### 采用历史
AutoTrace has survived mostly as a packaging and interoperability tool rather than as a glossy end-user application. The official README lists Homebrew, MacPorts, Fedora/RHEL, Arch, FreeBSD, and Windows release installers; the input additionally records Nix and zypper packages.
Its adoption is helped by broad input and output format support, especially when built with ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick. That makes it a convenient package for scripts, conversion pipelines, and graphics experiments where a CLI vectorizer is easier to depend on than a desktop drawing program.
### 使用方式
The basic CLI pattern is `autotrace input.png -output-file output.svg`, with options for centerline tracing and color reduction. The README points users to `autotrace --help` and the man page for the full option set.
Developers can also call `libautotrace` through C headers and pkg-config, reading a bitmap and writing splines through output handlers. This dual CLI/library shape is why it appears in both user-facing package managers and build-time dependency lists.
### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心
AutoTrace is package-nerd relevant because image vectorization has many optional format dependencies and old graphics-library edges. Maintainers have to care about ImageMagick versus GraphicsMagick support, GLib, gettext translations, platform build systems, and whether users expect both the `autotrace` binary and `libautotrace` development files.
### 时间线
- Pre-2013: Original AutoTrace development by Martin Weber, with lineage from GNU fontutils' `limn`.
- 2013: GitHub repository created for the continuing autotrace project.
- 2018-2020: CI-era tags in the GitHub repository show renewed automation activity.
- 2020s: README documents package-manager installation and Windows installers from GitHub releases.
### Related projects
- GNU fontutils limn: upstream notes code lineage.
- frontline: upstream README lists it as an inactive GUI frontend.
- ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick: optional format providers for additional input support.
- potrace: a related bitmap tracing tool in the same packaging niche.
### 来源
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- source_facts.package-manager
## 安全说明
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## 其他软件包管理器记录
- Nix - autotrace: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/autotrace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - autotrace - 0.31.9-18.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utility for converting bitmaps to vector graphics | http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - autotrace-devel - 0.31.9-18.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: autotrace-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Header files for autotrace | http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - autotrace - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Program for Converting Bitmaps to Vector Graphics | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- zypper - autotrace-devel - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for converting bitmaps to vector graphics | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- zypper - autotrace-lang - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: autotrace-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package autotrace | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- zypper - libautotrace3 - 0.31.10-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libautotrace3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for converting bitmaps to vector graphics | https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace
- MacPorts - autotrace: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/autotrace/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/autotrace.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/autotrace.yml)
## 来源
- 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