# Install rbenv with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Ruby version manager. Version 1.3.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rbenv.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rbenv
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rbenv
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rbenv
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install rbenv
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rbenv
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rbenv 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#rbenv
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S rbenv
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install rbenv
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rbenv
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.2
- **Source summary:** Ruby version manager
- **Homepage:** <https://rbenv.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rbenv (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.2

## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration 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: .ruby-version
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - rbenv - 1.1.2-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rbenv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple per-user Ruby version manager | https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv
- Nix - rbenv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rb/rbenv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - rbenv - 1.1.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rbenv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple per-user Ruby version manager | https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv
- dnf - rbenv - 1.3.2-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rbenv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Manage your app's Ruby environment | https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
- pacman - rbenv - 1.3.2-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: rbenv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Manage your app's Ruby environment | https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
- zypper - rbenv - 1.3.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rbenv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Simple Ruby version Management | https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
- zypper - rbenv-bash-completion - 1.3.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rbenv-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash completion for rbenv | https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
- zypper - rbenv-zsh-completion - 1.3.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rbenv-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | ZSH completion for rbenv | https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv
- MacPorts - rbenv: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: ruby/rbenv/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/rbenv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rbenv.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