# 使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix 安装 polyglot

查看 polyglot 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:polyglot
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install polyglot
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add polyglot
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install polyglot
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#polyglot
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/po/polyglot/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:polyglot
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2.0.4
- **来源摘要:** Protocol adapter to run UCI engines under XBoard
- **主页:** <https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-04T13:13:44+09:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- polyglot (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: 2.0.4
## 项目历史与用法

PolyGlot is a chess utility that lets UCI chess engines run through interfaces and GUIs that speak the XBoard/WinBoard chess-engine protocol. It is also known for the PolyGlot binary opening-book format.

### 项目历史

Chessprogramming identifies PolyGlot as an adapter developed by Fabien Letouzey and modified by Fonzy Bluemers. The page describes PolyGlot 1.4 as providing a simple opening-book implementation referred to as the bin-opening-book format.

### 采用历史

The supplied package facts show distribution through Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, and Nix, reflecting its continued role as legacy chess-engine glue even after newer adapters appeared.

### 使用方式

PolyGlot is used to bridge UCI engines into XBoard/WinBoard-style front ends and to create or consume PolyGlot-format opening books.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

PolyGlot matters to package maintainers because it preserves interoperability across old chess GUIs, UCI engines, and opening-book tooling. Its package is small, CLI-oriented, and tied to a long-running compatibility niche.

### 时间线

- 2004: Chessprogramming lists early PolyGlot forum posts and PolyGlot 1.0 discussion.
- 2005: Chessprogramming lists PolyGlot 1.2 and 1.3 availability discussions.
- 2008-2009: Chessprogramming lists Fonzy Bluemers 1.4w releases.
- 2018: Chessprogramming notes XBoard/WinBoard retirement plans for PolyGlot in favor of UCI2WB.

### Related projects

- UCI
- XBoard
- WinBoard
- UCI2WB
- PolyGlot opening-book format

### 来源

- <https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 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: polyglot.ini
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - polyglot - 2.0.4+git20210322-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: polyglot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | chess engine protocol adaptor, connects UCI engines to xboard
- Nix - polyglot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/po/polyglot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - polyglot - 2.0.4+git20210322-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: polyglot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | chess engine protocol adaptor, connects UCI engines to xboard
- apk - polyglot - 2.0.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: polyglot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Protocol adapter to run UCI chess engines under XBoard | https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot
- apk - polyglot-doc - 2.0.4-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: polyglot-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Protocol adapter to run UCI chess engines under XBoard (documentation) | https://www.chessprogramming.org/PolyGlot


## Combined YAML source

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