# Install lief-patchelf with Homebrew, winget

Robust, modern reimplementation of patchelf based on the LIEF. Version 1.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with winget: winget install --id lief-project.lief-patchelf -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lief-patchelf
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lief-patchelf
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id lief-project.lief-patchelf -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: lief-project.lief-patchelf from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:lief-patchelf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** Robust, modern reimplementation of patchelf based on the LIEF
- **Homepage:** <https://lief.re/doc/latest/tools/lief-patchelf/index.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T02:32:46Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- lief-patchelf (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
## Project history and usage

lief-patchelf is LIEF's Rust-based reimplementation of NixOS patchelf, a command-line utility for modifying properties of ELF executables and shared libraries. It intentionally preserves the original tool's command-line interface.

### Project history

The LIEF project introduced lief-patchelf in July 2025 as a more robust, modern, and maintainable implementation built on LIEF's binary-parsing and rewriting facilities. The tool lives inside the broader LIEF repository rather than as a separate upstream project.

### Adoption history

Compatibility with the original NixOS patchelf command line is intended to make substitution straightforward. The supplied package record shows lief-patchelf as a standalone Homebrew formula, while the official documentation also supports building it directly with Cargo.

### How it is used

Users employ lief-patchelf through the familiar patchelf-style CLI to alter ELF metadata. The binary can also generate its own man page and completion scripts for bash, elvish, fish, PowerShell, and zsh.

### Why package nerds care

patchelf is a foundational packaging utility for repairing interpreter and runtime-library paths in prebuilt ELF software. lief-patchelf is significant because it offers a compatible implementation based on a cross-platform binary-instrumentation library and a Rust CLI, while remaining installable as its own package.

### Timeline

- 2025: LIEF added lief-patchelf on July 12 as a LIEF-based implementation of NixOS patchelf.
- 2026: LIEF 1.0.0 was released on July 12 with lief-patchelf included in the official tool documentation.

### Related projects

- NixOS/patchelf is the original implementation whose command-line interface lief-patchelf preserves.
- LIEF provides the executable-format parsing and modification foundation used by lief-patchelf.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/commit/7fce27408ad8ccef9ab10c3b324c556a018b349d>
- <https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/releases/tag/1.0.0>
- <https://lief.re/doc/latest/tools/lief-patchelf/index.html>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - lief-project.lief-patchelf: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: lief-project.lief-patchelf from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph