# tcptraceroute mit Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, dnf, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für tcptraceroute in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:tcptraceroute
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tcptraceroute
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install tcptraceroute
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: net/tcptraceroute/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add tcptraceroute
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tcptraceroute
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#tcptraceroute
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install traceroute
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install traceroute
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:tcptraceroute
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tcptraceroute>
- **Version:** 1.5beta7
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Traceroute implementation using TCP packets
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute>
- **Lizenz:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute/archive/refs/tags/tcptraceroute-1.5beta7.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-10T10:41:25-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- tcptraceroute (cli)
- tcptraceroute (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- libnet

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- autoconf
- automake

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- libpcap

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Einschränkungen: tcptraceroute requires root privileges so you will need to run `sudo tcptraceroute`. You should be certain that you trust any software you grant root privileges.
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 1.5beta7
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-10
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute
- Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

tcptraceroute is a traceroute implementation that sends TCP packets instead of relying on the traditional UDP or ICMP probe pattern. Its package-manager niche is diagnosing paths through networks where ordinary traceroute behavior is filtered or misleading.

### Projektgeschichte

Michael C. Toren's official README identifies the project as a TCP-packet traceroute implementation and carries copyright coverage from 2001 through 2015. The ChangeLog records version 1.0 as the initial release on 2001-04-10, followed quickly by safer privilege handling, more probe options, portability work, Debian-related fixes, and libnet/libpcap integration.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata shows tcptraceroute packaged across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and several RPM-family distributions, sometimes through the broader traceroute package name. That spread reflects the long-standing need for a TCP-flavored traceroute in sysadmin and network-diagnostics toolbelts.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The official examples file demonstrates tcptraceroute tracing through firewalled webservers where traceroute had trouble, using TCP port 80 probes and displaying open endpoints. In practice it is installed when a user wants traceroute-style hop visibility using traffic that resembles a real TCP connection attempt.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

tcptraceroute is significant because it turns a common troubleshooting workaround into a named package. It is small, old, and specialized, but it has enough operational value that package ecosystems continue to carry it alongside traceroute, libpcap, and libnet.

### Zeitleiste

- 2001-04-10: Version 1.0 initial release.
- 2001-06-30: Version 1.1 added root-privilege dropping after sockets are opened.
- 2001-07-31: Version 1.2 added multiple probe and packet-option features.
- 2006-03-28: Version 1.5beta7 updated manpage examples and Debian-related build details.
- 2001-2015: README copyright range for Michael C. Toren's project.

### Related projects

- Traditional traceroute is the conceptual baseline; libnet and libpcap are documented build dependencies; the official examples compare behavior against traceroute on firewalled destinations.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute#readme>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mct/tcptraceroute/master/ChangeLog>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mct/tcptraceroute/master/README>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mct/tcptraceroute/master/examples.txt>
- input source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** tcptraceroute
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - tcptraceroute - 1.5beta7+debian-4.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tcptraceroute from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | traceroute implementation using TCP packets | https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute
- Nix - tcptraceroute: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tc/tcptraceroute/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - tcptraceroute - 1.5beta7+debian-4.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcptraceroute from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | traceroute implementation using TCP packets | https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute
- apk - tcptraceroute - 1.5_beta7-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tcptraceroute from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Display route path using TCP probes | https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute
- apk - tcptraceroute-doc - 1.5_beta7-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tcptraceroute-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Display route path using TCP probes (documentation) | https://github.com/mct/tcptraceroute
- dnf - traceroute - 2.1.6-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: traceroute from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network | http://traceroute.sourceforge.net
- zypper - traceroute - 2.1.6-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: traceroute from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Packet route path tracing utility | https://traceroute.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - tcptraceroute: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/tcptraceroute/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [libnet](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libnet/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [autoconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [automake](https://pkg.so/de/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [nexttrace](https://pkg.so/de/brew/nexttrace/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, routing, traceroute.
- [lft](https://pkg.so/de/brew/lft/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, tcp, traceroute.
- [mtr](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mtr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
- [trippy](https://pkg.so/de/brew/trippy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
- [ttl](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ttl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
- [fastrace](https://pkg.so/de/brew/fastrace/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
- [asroute](https://pkg.so/de/brew/asroute/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, networking, routing, traceroute.
- [tracebox](https://pkg.so/de/brew/tracebox/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, network-diagnostics, networking, traceroute.
- [arping](https://pkg.so/de/brew/arping/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, diagnostics, libnet, network, network-diagnostics.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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