# Install errcheck with Homebrew, Nix

Finds silently ignored errors in Go code. Version 1.20.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#errcheck.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:errcheck
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install errcheck
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#errcheck
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:errcheck
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.20.0
- **Source summary:** Finds silently ignored errors in Go code
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:23:18-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- errcheck (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.20.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for errcheck. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - errcheck: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/er/errcheck/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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