# Install rarian with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts

Documentation metadata library. Version 0.8.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with apk: sudo apk add rarian.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rarian
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rarian
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rarian
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add rarian
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rarian
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rarian
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.8.6
- **Source summary:** Documentation metadata library
- **Homepage:** <https://rarian.freedesktop.org/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rarian-example (alias)
- rarian-sk-config (alias)
- rarian-sk-gen-uuid (alias)
- rarian-sk-get-cl (alias)
- rarian-sk-get-content-list (alias)
- rarian-sk-get-extended-content-list (alias)
- rarian-sk-get-scripts (alias)
- rarian-sk-install (alias)
- rarian-sk-migrate (alias)
- rarian-sk-preinstall (alias)
- rarian-sk-rebuild (alias)
- rarian-sk-update (alias)
- scrollkeeper-config (alias)
- scrollkeeper-gen-seriesid (alias)
- scrollkeeper-get-cl (alias)
- scrollkeeper-get-content-list (alias)
- scrollkeeper-get-extended-content-list (alias)
- scrollkeeper-get-index-from-docpath (alias)
- scrollkeeper-get-toc-from-docpath (alias)
- scrollkeeper-get-toc-from-id (alias)
- scrollkeeper-install (alias)
- scrollkeeper-preinstall (alias)
- scrollkeeper-rebuilddb (alias)
- scrollkeeper-uninstall (alias)
- scrollkeeper-update (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.8.6

## Security Notes

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- library-like package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - rarian - 0.8.1-r12: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rarian from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation meta-data library, designed as a replacement for Scrollkeeper. | https://rarian.freedesktop.org/
- apk - rarian-dev - 0.8.1-r12: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rarian-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation meta-data library, designed as a replacement for Scrollkeeper. (development files) | https://rarian.freedesktop.org/
- dnf - rarian - 0.8.6-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rarian from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation meta-data library | http://rarian.freedesktop.org/
- dnf - rarian-compat - 0.8.6-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rarian-compat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Extra files for compatibility with scrollkeeper | http://rarian.freedesktop.org/
- dnf - rarian-devel - 0.8.6-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rarian-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for Rarian | http://rarian.freedesktop.org/
- MacPorts - rarian: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/rarian/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/rarian.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rarian.yml)


## Sources

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