# 使用 Homebrew, apt, MacPorts 安装 gplcver

查看 gplcver 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:gplcver
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gplcver
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gplcver
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: science/gplcver/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gplcver
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:gplcver
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.12a
- **来源摘要:** Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001
- **主页:** <https://gplcver.sourceforge.net/>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- cver (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: 2.12a
## 项目历史与用法

GPL Cver is the GPL-distributed edition of Pragmatic C Software's Cver Verilog simulator. SourceForge describes it as an interpreted Verilog simulator with a feature set and performance similar to Verilog-XL, implementing IEEE 1364-1995 features, some Verilog-2001 features, and Verilog PLI interfaces.

### 项目历史

The project README states that GPL Cver is a copyrighted Pragmatic C Software work distributed under the GNU General Public License, and that it represents an older Cver line while a newer commercial Cver was offered by Pragmatic C Software.

The SourceForge code tree shows an initial import of cver-2.12a on Apr 27, 2009. The same tree contains top-level documentation, PLI sources, tests, Verilog sources, and release notes, preserving the package as a source-distributed EDA tool.

### 采用历史

GPL Cver has a narrow but durable package footprint: the input package-manager facts list Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu packages. Homebrew describes it as 'Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001' and packages version 2.12a.

Its adoption is mostly historical and specialist: users who need an open Verilog simulator with PLI support can install it from Unix package managers, but it sits beside better-known open-source Verilog tools rather than acting as a general developer utility.

### 使用方式

Users run the cver executable against Verilog files to simulate designs. The upstream README points users to the INSTALL file for source builds and to the doc directory for Cver documentation.

The release also includes vcddiff, a specialized diff-like utility for Verilog VCD waveform files, which makes the package more useful for regression and simulation-output comparison workflows.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

GPL Cver is interesting to package maintainers because it preserves a formerly commercial-style Verilog simulator in a redistributable GPL form. That makes it a useful historical EDA package even when install counts are small.

Its package shape is old-school Unix: source tree, docs directory, prebuilt makefiles for older Unix-like platforms, and a single simulator executable.

### 时间线

- 2001: Homebrew metadata identifies the package as Pragmatic C Software GPL Cver 2001.
- 2009: SourceForge project registration and cver-2.12a source import occurred in April 2009.
- 2024: SourceForge activity records a maintenance update touching the source tree.

### Related projects

- Icarus Verilog and VeriWell appear as related Verilog simulator projects in SourceForge's project context.
- Verilog-XL is the commercial simulator lineage used as a comparison point in the project description.
- vcddiff ships with GPL Cver as a related utility for comparing Verilog VCD files.

### 来源

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gplcver>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/gplcver/code/ci/master/tree/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplcver/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplcver/files/gplcver/>


## 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 - gplcver - 2.12a-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gplcver from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Verilog simulator | https://sourceforge.net/projects/gplcver/
- Ubuntu apt - gplcver - 2.12a-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gplcver from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Verilog simulator
- MacPorts - gplcver: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: science/gplcver/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/gplcver.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gplcver.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