使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix 安装 libdivecomputer

项目链接

• 主页
• 仓库

命令和别名

• dctool

项目历史

The project grew around the practical problem of extracting dive profiles from vendor-specific dive computers on Unix-like systems, Windows, mobile platforms, and BSDs. The repository README points to the libdivecomputer site and a SourceForge project page, reflecting the project's older open-source hosting history before GitHub became the main development surface.

The public tag history shows a 0.2.0 release in September 2012, followed by 0.3.0 in February 2013, 0.4.x in 2013-2014, 0.5.0 in September 2016, 0.6.0 in November 2017, 0.7.0 in May 2021, 0.8.0 in May 2023, and 0.9.0 in June 2025.

采用历史

libdivecomputer's adoption comes from being infrastructure: applications and scripts can use one library instead of maintaining per-device protocols for Aeris, Aqualung, Cressi, Mares, Oceanic, Shearwater, Suunto, Uwatec, and many other supported manufacturers. Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix packaging make that hardware-support layer easy to install for developers and technically inclined divers.

使用方式

The documentation describes a conventional autotools build on Unix platforms and points users to a manual, manpages, examples, backend status, driver notes, roadmap material, and old API design discussions. The packaged `dctool` utility is the command-line face of the library for testing communication and retrieving data.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package maintainers, libdivecomputer is interesting because it turns a messy hardware matrix into one LGPL library with optional platform transport details. It is the kind of package that quietly matters: most users meet it indirectly through dive-log software, but distribution packaging determines whether niche USB/Bluetooth dive-computer workflows work out of the box.

时间线

• 2012: v0.2.0 tag published on GitHub.
• 2013: v0.3.0 and v0.4.0 tags published.
• 2016: v0.5.0 tag published.
• 2017: v0.6.0 tag published.
• 2021: v0.7.0 tag published.
• 2023: v0.8.0 release published.
• 2025: v0.9.0 release published.

Related projects

• The repository README identifies the older SourceForge project page as part of the project's public footprint. The documentation also points to bundled examples and manpages, while the official site lists the supported device families that drive the library's backend work.

来源

• https://github.com/libdivecomputer/libdivecomputer
• https://github.com/libdivecomputer/libdivecomputer/releases
• https://github.com/libdivecomputer/libdivecomputer/tags
• https://www.libdivecomputer.org/
• https://www.libdivecomputer.org/documentation.html