# Install quilt with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Work with series of patches. Version 0.69 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install quilt.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:quilt
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install quilt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install quilt
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add quilt
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quilt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install quilt
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install quilt
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#quilt
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S quilt
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install quilt
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: quilt from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:quilt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.69
- **Source summary:** Work with series of patches
- **Homepage:** <https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:06-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- guards (alias)
- quilt (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.69

## 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: ~/.quiltrc, /etc/quilt.quiltrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - quilt - 0.68-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: quilt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool to work with series of patches | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- Debian apt - quilt-el - 0.68-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: quilt-el from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple Emacs interface of quilt | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- Nix - quilt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qu/quilt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - quilt - 0.67+really0.67-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: quilt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool to work with series of patches | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- Ubuntu apt - quilt-el - 0.67+really0.67-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: quilt-el from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple Emacs interface of quilt | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- apk - quilt - 0.69-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quilt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Easily manage large numbers of patches | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- apk - quilt-bash-completion - 0.69-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quilt-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for quilt | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- apk - quilt-doc - 0.69-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quilt-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Easily manage large numbers of patches (documentation) | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- apk - quilt-lang - 0.69-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: quilt-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package quilt | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- dnf - quilt - 0.69-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: quilt from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Scripts for working with series of patches | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- pacman - quilt - 0.69-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: quilt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Manage a series of patches by keeping track of the changes each patch makes | https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt/
- zypper - quilt - 0.69-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: quilt from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A Tool for Working with Many Patches | http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
- MacPorts - quilt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/quilt/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/quilt.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/quilt.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