# Install pbzip2 with Homebrew

Parallel bzip2. Version 1.1.13 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pbzip2
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pbzip2
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pbzip2
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.13
- **Source summary:** Parallel bzip2
- **Homepage:** <http://compression.great-site.net/pbzip2/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- pbunzip2 (alias)
- pbzcat (alias)
- pbzip2 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.13

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pbzip2.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/pbzip2.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation