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libice

brew install libice v1.1.2 MIT

X11 Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) protocol shared library for X.Org client-server communication.

Why you might care

Core X11 library required by many X.Org-dependent applications for session management and inter-process communication. Almost exclusively a build/runtime dependency of other formulae, rarely invoked directly. Install if you're building X11 applications or have X11-dependent software that requires it.

Categories

library x11
9.7k
30-day installs · #359
39.7k
90-day · #320
117.6k
365-day · #380

Runtime dependencies

xorgproto

Build dependencies

pkgconf xtrans

Links

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