# Install ptunnel with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Tunnel over ICMP. Version 0.72 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install ptunnel.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ptunnel
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ptunnel
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ptunnel
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install ptunnel
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ptunnel
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pt/ptunnel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ptunnel
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ptunnel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ptunnel
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.72
- **Source summary:** Tunnel over ICMP
- **Homepage:** <https://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ptunnel (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.72

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - ptunnel - 0.72-3+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ptunnel from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tunnel TCP connections over ICMP packets | http://www.mit.edu/afs.new/sipb/user/golem/tmp/ptunnel-0.61.orig/web/
- Nix - ptunnel: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pt/ptunnel/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - ptunnel - 0.72-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ptunnel from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tunnel TCP connections over ICMP packets | http://www.mit.edu/afs.new/sipb/user/golem/tmp/ptunnel-0.61.orig/web/
- pacman - ptunnel - 0.72-7: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ptunnel from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tool for reliably tunneling TCP connections over ICMP echo request and reply packets | https://www.cs.uit.no/~daniels/PingTunnel
- MacPorts - ptunnel: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/ptunnel/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/ptunnel.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ptunnel.yml)


## Sources

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