# chkrootkit mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:chkrootkit
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install chkrootkit
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install chkrootkit
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install chkrootkit
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install chkrootkit
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chkrootkit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:chkrootkit
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.59
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Rootkit detector
- **Homepage:** <https://www.chkrootkit.org/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- check_wtmpx (Alias)
- chkdirs (Alias)
- chklastlog (Alias)
- chkproc (Alias)
- chkrootkit (Alias)
- chkutmp (Alias)
- chkwtmp (Alias)
- ifpromisc (Alias)
- strings-static (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.59
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

chkrootkit is a long-running Unix rootkit detector that locally checks for signs of modified system binaries, log tampering, promiscuous interfaces, and kernel-module trojans.

### Projektgeschichte

The official README for version 0.59 credits Nelson Murilo as main author and Klaus Steding-Jessen as co-author. It describes chkrootkit as a shell-script front end plus C helpers including ifpromisc, chklastlog, chkwtmp, chkproc, chkdirs, check_wtmpx, chkutmp, and a strings replacement.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README lists testing across Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64, BSDI, and Mac OS X, which explains why it became common in Unix security packaging. The input package facts show it in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, and MacPorts.

### Wie es verwendet wird

chkrootkit is intended to be run as root, either as ./chkrootkit for all tests or with named tests such as ps, ls, and sniffer. Options include quiet mode, expert mode, an alternate root directory, and an alternate command path for checking mounted disks or avoiding possibly compromised system binaries.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, chkrootkit is a classic security-admin utility: small, scriptable, portable, and old enough to appear in many Unix package collections. It also shows why some security tools remain tarball-first rather than source-control-first in package metadata.

### Zeitleiste

- 2000s: README documents support for Linux 2.0 through 2.6, early BSD releases, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64, BSDI, and Mac OS X.
- 2026: Official README identifies version 0.59.
- 2026: Homebrew packages chkrootkit 0.59 from the official chkrootkit.org FTP tarball.

### Related projects

- The README credits DFN-CERT tools chklastlog and chkwtmp and small portions of ifconfig by Fred N. van Kempen. It is often compared with other host compromise scanners, but its official documentation focuses on its bundled tests.

### Quellen

- <https://www.chkrootkit.org/README>
- <https://www.chkrootkit.org/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/chkrootkit.json>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - chkrootkit - 0.58b-5+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: chkrootkit from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | rootkit detector | https://www.chkrootkit.org/
- Ubuntu apt - chkrootkit - 0.58b-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: chkrootkit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | rootkit detector | https://www.chkrootkit.org/
- dnf - chkrootkit - 0.58-4b.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: chkrootkit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit | http://www.chkrootkit.org
- MacPorts - chkrootkit: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/chkrootkit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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