# Install pcal with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Generate Postscript calendars without X. Version 4.11.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pcal.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pcal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pcal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pcal
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pcal
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pcal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.11.0
- **Source summary:** Generate Postscript calendars without X
- **Homepage:** <https://pcal.sourceforge.net/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pcal (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.11.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .calendar, calendar
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pcal - 4.11.0-4+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pcal from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | generate Postscript calendars without X
- Ubuntu apt - pcal - 4.11.0-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pcal from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | generate Postscript calendars without X
- MacPorts - pcal: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: print/pcal/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/pcal.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pcal.yml)


## Sources

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