# Install par2 with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, zypper

Parchive: Parity Archive Volume Set for data recovery. Version 1.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install par2.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:par2
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install par2
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install par2
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: archivers/par2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install par2
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: par2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install par2cmdline
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: par2cmdline from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:par2
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Source summary:** Parchive: Parity Archive Volume Set for data recovery
- **Homepage:** <https://parchive.github.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:22-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- par2 (alias)
- par2create (alias)
- par2repair (alias)
- par2verify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.2.0

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - par2 - 0.8.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: par2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool | https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/
- Ubuntu apt - par2 - 0.8.1-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: par2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool | https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/
- zypper - par2cmdline - 1.2.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: par2cmdline from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A PAR 2.0 compatible file creation, verification, and repair tool | https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline
- MacPorts - par2: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: archivers/par2/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/par2.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/par2.yml)


## Sources

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