# 使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, zypper 安装 colormake

查看 colormake 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:colormake
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install colormake
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add colormake
```

  证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: colormake from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install colormake
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: colormake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#colormake
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install colormake
```

  证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: colormake from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:colormake
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 0.9.20140503
- **来源摘要:** Wrapper around make to colorize the output
- **主页:** <https://github.com/pagekite/Colormake>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/pagekite/Colormake>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- clmake (别名)
- clmake-short (别名)
- colormake (别名)
- colormake-short (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: 0.9.20140503
## 项目历史与用法

Colormake is a small Perl-and-shell wrapper around `make` that colorizes build output so compiler messages and errors are easier to scan.

### 项目历史

The manual page is dated July 2001 and describes `colormake` as a wrapper for `make(1)`. The upstream README credits Bjarni R. Einarsson as author and says the project was inspired by Michael T. Babcock's `logcolorize` program.

### 采用历史

Colormake has the kind of quiet adoption typical of build-output filters: it is exposed as `colormake`, `clmake`, `colormake-short`, and `clmake-short`, and the supplied metadata lists packages in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Nix, and openSUSE.

### 使用方式

Users substitute `colormake` where they would normally run `make`; `clmake` pipes through `less`, while the `-short` variants truncate long lines to avoid wrapping.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Colormake is notable for solving a narrow packaging-era problem with minimal machinery: improving human readability of compiler output without changing makefiles or build systems. The manpage also records an old command-name conflict: `/usr/bin/colormake` was formerly `/usr/bin/cmake`, which had to be renamed.

### 时间线

- 2001: Debian-oriented manual page dated July 2 describes colormake's wrapper behavior.
- 2000s: The command was renamed from `cmake` to `colormake` because of a name clash.
- 2010s: Upstream development moved to GitHub under the PageKite organization.

### Related projects

- Colormake is related to `make`, `less`, compiler output filters, and Michael T. Babcock's `logcolorize`, which the README names as an inspiration.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/pagekite/Colormake>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pagekite/Colormake/master/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pagekite/Colormake/master/colormake.1>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: /usr/share/colormake/colormake.rc, ~/.colormakerc
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - colormake - 0.9.20140504-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: colormake from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple wrapper around make to colorize output | https://github.com/pagekite/Colormake
- Nix - colormake: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/colormake/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - colormake - 0.9.20140504-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: colormake from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple wrapper around make to colorize output | https://github.com/pagekite/Colormake
- apk - colormake - 0.9.20170221-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: colormake from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A simple wrapper around make to colorize the output | http://bre.klaki.net/programs/colormake
- apk - colormake-doc - 0.9.20170221-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: colormake-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A simple wrapper around make to colorize the output (documentation) | http://bre.klaki.net/programs/colormake
- zypper - colormake - 0.9.20140503-4.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: colormake from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Colorize the make output | http://github.com/pagekite/Colormake


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph