# Install readpe with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, zypper

PE analysis toolkit. Version 0.85.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libpe-dev.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:readpe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install readpe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install readpe
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install readpe
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install readpe
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:readpe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.85.1
- **Source summary:** PE analysis toolkit
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T21:44:52Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ofs2rva (alias)
- pedis (alias)
- pehash (alias)
- peldd (alias)
- pepack (alias)
- peres (alias)
- pescan (alias)
- pesec (alias)
- pestr (alias)
- readpe (alias)
- rva2ofs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.85.1

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for readpe. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - libpe-dev - 0.84-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libpe-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library to read Windows PE files (development files) | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Debian apt - libpe1t64 - 0.84-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libpe1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library to read Windows PE files | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Debian apt - pev - 0.84-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | text-based tool to analyze PE files (transitional package) | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Debian apt - readpe - 0.84-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: readpe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command-line tools to manipulate Windows PE files | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Ubuntu apt - libpe-dev - 0.82-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libpe-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library to read Windows PE files (development files) | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Ubuntu apt - libpe1t64 - 0.82-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libpe1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library to read Windows PE files | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Ubuntu apt - pev - 0.82-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | text-based tool to analyze PE files (transitional package) | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- Ubuntu apt - readpe - 0.82-3.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: readpe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command-line tools to manipulate Windows PE files | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe/wiki
- zypper - libpe1 - 0.85.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libpe1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for PE file parsing | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe
- zypper - readpe - 0.85.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: readpe from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Text-based tool to analyze PE files | https://github.com/mentebinaria/readpe
- MacPorts - readpe: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/readpe/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/readpe.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/readpe.yml)


## Sources

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