# 使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper 安装 cmatrix
查看 cmatrix 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:cmatrix
```
其他安装命令:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install cmatrix
```
证据: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install cmatrix
```
证据: MacPorts ports tree: games/cmatrix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add cmatrix
```
证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmatrix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install cmatrix
```
证据: Debian stable package indexes: cmatrix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install cmatrix
```
证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cmatrix 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#cmatrix
```
证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cm/cmatrix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S cmatrix
```
证据: Arch Linux sync databases: cmatrix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install cmatrix
```
证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cmatrix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## 软件包事实
- **软件包键:** brew:cmatrix
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.0
- **来源摘要:** Console Matrix
- **主页:**
- **仓库:**
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## 可执行文件
- cmatrix (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: 2.0
## 项目历史与用法
CMatrix is a terminal animation that recreates the falling-code look associated with The Matrix. Its appeal is deliberately simple: it is a small ncurses-style command that turns a terminal into a screensaver-like visual toy.
### 项目历史
The current upstream README credits Chris Allegretta with writing cmatrix and later handing maintenance to the present GitHub project. The README describes the program as based on the Matrix website screensaver and inspired by the 1999 film's visual style.
The GitHub repository was created in 2013 and preserves the old Unix terminal-tool form: build with autotools or CMake, install the binary, and run `cmatrix` for the effect.
### 采用历史
CMatrix became a stock package-manager novelty because it has almost no conceptual setup, is instantly recognizable in demos, and works as a harmless terminal animation. The input package facts list it across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Arch/pacman, Alpine/apk, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE/zypper.
### 使用方式
The README documents simple invocation as `cmatrix`, with options such as update speed and color. It also documents movie-like presets such as `cmatrix -lba`, which is the kind of one-command payoff that made it common in screenshots, shell demos, and terminal customization posts.
### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心
For package nerds, CMatrix is the archetypal terminal toy: tiny, visual, easy to package, and useful as a smoke test for curses, terminal color, and font behavior. It is not infrastructure, but it is culturally durable in Unix package sets because it demonstrates that package managers carry fun as well as work.
### 时间线
- 2013: Current GitHub repository created.
- 2017: GitHub release 1.2 published as a stable release.
- 2019: GitHub release v2.0 published.
- 2024: Current repository still receives maintenance activity.
### Related projects
- The README explicitly relates CMatrix to the Matrix website screensaver and credits jwz's `xmatrix` module for XScreenSaver as an influence in its contributor notes.
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## 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
- Debian apt - cmatrix - 2.0-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cmatrix from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simulates the display from "The Matrix" | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- Debian apt - cmatrix-xfont - 2.0-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cmatrix-xfont from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | X11 font for cmatrix | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- Nix - cmatrix: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cm/cmatrix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cmatrix - 2.0-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cmatrix from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simulates the display from "The Matrix" | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- Ubuntu apt - cmatrix-xfont - 2.0-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cmatrix-xfont from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | X11 font for cmatrix | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- apk - cmatrix - 2.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmatrix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal based 'The Matrix' like implementation | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- apk - cmatrix-doc - 2.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cmatrix-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Terminal based 'The Matrix' like implementation (documentation) | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- dnf - cmatrix - 2.0-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cmatrix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A scrolling 'Matrix'-like screen | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- dnf - cmatrix-x11-fonts - 2.0-15.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cmatrix-x11-fonts from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | The font of 'Matrix' for X11 | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- pacman - cmatrix - 2.0-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cmatrix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A curses-based scrolling 'Matrix'-like screen | https://www.asty.org/cmatrix/
- zypper - cmatrix - 2.0-1.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cmatrix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | The Matrix screensaver | https://github.com/abishekvashok/cmatrix
- MacPorts - cmatrix: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/cmatrix/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/cmatrix.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cmatrix.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