# macchanger mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:macchanger
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install macchanger
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install macchanger
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add macchanger
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install macchanger
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install macchanger
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#macchanger
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S macchanger
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install macchanger
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:macchanger
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Change your mac address, for macOS
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/shilch/macchanger>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/shilch/macchanger>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- macchanger (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.2.1
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

macchanger is a small Objective-C command-line utility for spoofing, displaying, and restoring a network interface's MAC address on macOS.

### Projektgeschichte

The official GitHub repository began in June 2016 as a macOS-focused MAC address changer. Its compact release history runs from v0.1.0 to v0.2.1, with the later code updated for macOS Sonoma 14.4 and newer.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The official README presents Homebrew as the easiest installation route, giving the utility a standard package-manager path for macOS users while retaining a simple make-based source installation.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users run macchanger with elevated privileges and a network device. It can assign a random address, set a specific address, restore the permanent address, or display the current address.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For macOS package users, this is a narrowly scoped native utility that exposes MAC-address changes through a familiar Unix-style command rather than a larger networking suite.

### Zeitleiste

- 2016: The public repository and v0.1.0 release appear.
- 2025: v0.2.1 is released after updates for modern macOS releases.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/shilch/macchanger#readme>
- <https://github.com/shilch/macchanger/commits/master/>
- <https://github.com/shilch/macchanger/tags>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - macchanger - 1.7.0-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: macchanger from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces | https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger
- Nix - macchanger: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/macchanger/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - macchanger - 1.7.0-5.4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: macchanger from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces | https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger
- apk - macchanger - 1.7.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: macchanger from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces | https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger
- apk - macchanger-doc - 1.7.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: macchanger-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | An utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces (documentation) | https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger
- dnf - macchanger - 1.7.0-31.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: macchanger from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | An utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces | https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger
- pacman - macchanger - 1.7.0-6: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: macchanger from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A small utility to change your NIC's MAC address | https://www.gnu.org/software/macchanger
- zypper - macchanger - 1.7.0-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: macchanger from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces | https://github.com/alobbs/macchanger
- MacPorts - macchanger: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/macchanger/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/macchanger.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/macchanger.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