# Install percol with Homebrew, apt

Interactive grep tool. Version 0.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install percol.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:percol
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install percol
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install percol
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:percol
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.2.1
- **Source summary:** Interactive grep tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mooz/percol>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mooz/percol>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- percol (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.2.1

## 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: ~/.percol.d/rc.py
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - percol - 0.2.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: percol from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | interactive selection for UNIX pipes | https://github.com/mooz/percol
- Ubuntu apt - percol - 0.2.1-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: percol from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | interactive selection for UNIX pipes | https://github.com/mooz/percol


## Combined YAML source

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