# Install screen with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation. Version 5.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install screen.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:screen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install screen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install screen
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/screen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add screen
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: screen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install screen
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install screen
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: screen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#screen
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S screen
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install screen
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: screen from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:screen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/screen>
- **Version:** 5.0.2
- **Source summary:** Terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-5.0.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T04:35:41Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- screen (cli)
- screen-5.0.2 (cli)
- screen (alias)
- screen-5.0.2 (alias)

## Build dependencies

- autoconf
- automake

## Uses from macOS

- libxcrypt
- ncurses

## 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: 5.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- 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: /etc/screenrc, $SYSSCREENRC, $SCREENRC, ~/.screenrc
## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - screen - 4.9.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: screen from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen
- Nix - screen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sc/screen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - screen - 4.9.1-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: screen from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/screen
- apk - screen - 5.0.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: screen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal | https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- apk - screen-doc - 5.0.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: screen-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal (documentation) | https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- dnf - screen - 5.0.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: screen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | A screen manager that supports multiple logins on one terminal | http://www.gnu.org/software/screen
- pacman - screen - 5.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: screen from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal | https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- zypper - screen - 4.9.1-5.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: screen from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A program to allow multiple screens on a VT100/ANSI Terminal | https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
- MacPorts - screen: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/screen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph