# Install packmol with Homebrew, apt, dnf

Packing optimization for molecular dynamics simulations. Version 21.2.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-27. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install packmol.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:packmol
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install packmol
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install packmol
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install packmol
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:packmol
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 21.2.3
- **Source summary:** Packing optimization for molecular dynamics simulations
- **Homepage:** <https://www.ime.unicamp.br/~martinez/packmol/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/m3g/packmol>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27T15:52:21Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- packmol (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 21.2.3

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - packmol - 1:21.0.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: packmol from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Initial configurations for Molecular Dynamics Simulations | http://m3g.iqm.unicamp.br/packmol/
- Ubuntu apt - packmol - 1:20.14.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: packmol from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Initial configurations for Molecular Dynamics Simulations | http://m3g.iqm.unicamp.br/packmol/
- dnf - packmol - 21.1.0-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: packmol from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Packing optimization for molecular dynamics simulations | https://m3g.github.io/packmol


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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