wip/asymptote 3.01 NetBSD
Powerful descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawings
- System
- NetBSD
- Repository
- pkgsrc-wip
- Maintainer
- [email protected]
- License
- gnu-gpl-v3 AND gnu-lgpl-v3
- Categories
- wip, graphics
Description
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawing. Labels and equations are typeset with LaTeX, for high-quality PostScript output. A major advantage of Asymptote over other graphics packages is that it is a programming language, as opposed to just a graphics program. Features of Asymptote:
# provides a portable standard for typesetting mathematical figures, just as TeX/LaTeX has become the standard for typesetting equations;
# generates and embeds 3D vector PRC graphics into PDF files;
# inspired by MetaPost, with a much cleaner, powerful C++-like programming syntax and floating-point numerics;
# runs on all major platforms (UNIX, MacOS, Microsoft Windows);
# mathematically oriented (e.g. rotation of vectors by complex multiplication);
# LaTeX typesetting of labels (for document consistency);
# uses simplex method and deferred drawing to solve overall size constraint issues between fixed-sized objects (labels and arrowheads) and objects that should scale with figure size; ...and more!
In the other systems
The newest version among them is 3.12, as upstream numbers it.
| System | Port | Version | Vulnerabilities | Status | Maintainer | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetBSD | wip/asymptote | 3.01 behind since 2026-07-03 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| FreeBSD | math/asymptote by name | 3.12 newest | none known | - | [email protected] | 2026-10-23 |
| OpenBSD | graphics/asymptote by name | 2.95p2 behind since 2026-07-03 | no data | - | The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]> | - |
| GhostBSD | math/asymptote by name | 3.12 newest | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
Install
From pkgsrc-wip (no binary package):
cd /usr/pkgsrc/wip/asymptote && make install clean
Dependency graph
Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.
Dependencies
Build dependencies 17
Run dependencies 7
No port depends on this one.