# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 dps8m

查看 dps8m 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:dps8m
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dps8m
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dps8m
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dp/dps8m/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:dps8m
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 3.1.0
- **来源摘要:** Simulator of the 36-bit GE/Honeywell/Bull 600/6000-series mainframe computers
- **主页:** <https://dps8m.gitlab.io/>
- **最后更新:** 2026-06-25T13:37:39+02:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- dps8 (别名)
- prt2pdf (别名)
- punutil (别名)
- tap2raw (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: 3.1.0
## 项目历史与用法

DPS8M is a simulator for the 36-bit GE, Honeywell, and Bull 600/6000-series mainframes, especially the DPS-8/M line descended from GE-645 hardware and associated with running Multics.

### 项目历史

The project presents itself as the DPS8M Simulator and credits the DPS8M Development Team across 2006-2025 in its README. Its GitLab project was created in February 2019, consistent with a later public hosting home for a longer-lived simulator codebase.

### 采用历史

DPS8M's adoption is primarily in retrocomputing, operating-system preservation, and Multics study rather than ordinary application development. Packaging in Homebrew and Nix gives users a repeatable way to install a simulator that would otherwise live mostly in source builds and specialist documentation.

### 使用方式

Users build or install the simulator, then run dps8 and companion utilities such as tape and printer conversion tools. The official documentation is aimed at end users, operators, developers, and package maintainers, covering installation, compilation, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package nerds, DPS8M is interesting because it packages a historically specific mainframe simulator with multiple utilities, generated cross-reference documentation, and release-specific omnibus manuals, tying modern Unix package management to preserved 36-bit computing environments.

### 时间线

- 2006: the project README's copyright range begins, indicating the long-running development team history.
- 2016: early alpha and release-candidate tags were present in the GitLab tag history.
- 2019: the GitLab project record was created.
- 2025: official documentation listed release-specific manuals for R3.0.0, R3.0.1, and R3.1.0.

### Related projects

- Multics
- SIMH
- GE-645
- Honeywell 6180
- Bull DPS-8/M

### 来源

- <https://gitlab.com/dps8m/dps8m>
- <https://gitlab.com/dps8m/dps8m/-/raw/master/README.md>
- <https://dps8m.gitlab.io/dps8m/Documentation/>
- <https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/dps8m%2Fdps8m>
- <https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/dps8m%2Fdps8m/repository/tags?per_page=100>


## 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 - dps8m: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dp/dps8m/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dps8m.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dps8m.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