# dmenu を Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper でインストール

dmenu のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:dmenu
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dmenu
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install dmenu
```

  証拠: MacPorts ports tree: x11/dmenu/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add dmenu
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install dmenu
```

  証拠: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dmenu 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#dmenu
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S dmenu
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install dmenu
```

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

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:dmenu
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 5.4
- **ソース概要:** Dynamic menu for X11
- **ホームページ:** <https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- dmenu (エイリアス)
- dmenu_path (エイリアス)
- dmenu_run (エイリアス)
- stest (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 5.4
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

dmenu is suckless.org's efficient dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm and commonly used as a keyboard-driven launcher or scriptable selector.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The official suckless page describes dmenu as a dynamic menu for X that was originally designed for dwm and manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. The official git refs show public tagged releases beginning at 0.1 in August 2006 and continuing through the 5.x series.

### 採用の歴史

dmenu became a standard suckless tool because it composes through stdin and stdout: scripts can pass newline-separated choices in, and dmenu prints the selected item out. Its official manual also documents dmenu_run, the script used by dwm to list programs in PATH and run the selected command.

### 使われ方

In everyday package use, dmenu reads newline-separated items from stdin, narrows matches as the user types, and prints the chosen item on Return. Options cover bottom placement, case-insensitive matching, vertical lists, monitor selection, prompts, fonts, colors, and embedding into another X window.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

dmenu is significant because it is tiny, source-customizable X11 infrastructure rather than a full desktop launcher. It appears in package managers as a small dependency-free-ish building block for window-manager users, shell scripts, and Unix workflows that prefer composition over integrated desktop services.

### タイムライン

- 2006-08: dmenu 0.1 tag appeared in the official git refs.
- 2009-02: dmenu 4.0 was tagged.
- 2020-09: dmenu 5.0 was tagged.
- 2025-08: dmenu 5.4 was released.

### Related projects

- The official page ties dmenu to dwm, and the man page cross-references dwm and stest.

### ソース

- <https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu>
- <https://git.suckless.org/dmenu/refs.html>
- <https://git.suckless.org/dmenu/file/dmenu.1.html>
- <https://git.suckless.org/dmenu/file/README.html>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - dmenu: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dm/dmenu/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - dmenu - 5.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dmenu from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dynamic menu for X | https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
- apk - dmenu-doc - 5.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dmenu-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dynamic menu for X (documentation) | https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
- dnf - dmenu - 5.4-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dmenu from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Generic menu for X | http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu
- pacman - dmenu - 5.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dmenu from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Generic menu for X | https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
- zypper - dmenu - 5.4-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dmenu from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A generic and efficient menu for X | https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
- MacPorts - dmenu: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: x11/dmenu/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/dmenu.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dmenu.yml)


## ソース

- 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
