# Install rink with Homebrew, Nix, pacman, scoop

Unit conversion tool and library written in rust. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#rink.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rink
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rink
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rink
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ri/rink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S rink
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: rink from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/rink
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rink.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rink
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rink>
- **Version:** 0.9.0
- **Source summary:** Unit conversion tool and library written in rust
- **Homepage:** <https://rinkcalc.app/about>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tiffany352/rink-rs>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://rinkcalc.app/about>
- **License:** MPL-2.0 AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/tiffany352/rink-rs/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- rink (cli)
- rink (alias)

## Build dependencies

- asciidoctor
- pkgconf
- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.9.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/tiffany352/rink-rs
- Upstream latest detected: v0.9.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rink
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rink: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ri/rink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - rink - 0.8.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: rink from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Unit conversion tool and library written in rust | https://rinkcalc.app
- Scoop - main/rink: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rink.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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