# Install ptpython with Homebrew, apt, dnf

Advanced Python REPL. Version 3.0.32 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ptpython.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ptpython
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ptpython
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ptpython
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install ptpython3
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptpython3 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ptpython
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.32
- **Source summary:** Advanced Python REPL
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ptipython (alias)
- ptpython (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.32

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal


## 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: $PTPYTHON_CONFIG_HOME/config.py
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ptpython - 3.0.30-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ptpython from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Alternative Python Prompt with auto-completion and syntax highlighting | https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython
- Ubuntu apt - ptpython - 3.0.26-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ptpython from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Alternative Python Prompt with auto-completion and syntax highlighting | https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython
- dnf - ptpython3 - 3.0.31-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptpython3 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Python REPL build on top of prompt_toolkit | https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython
- dnf - ptpython3+ptipython - 3.0.31-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ptpython3+ptipython from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Metapackage for ptpython3: ptipython extras | https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython


## Combined YAML source

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