# Install reposurgeon with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Edit version-control repository history. Version 5.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install reposurgeon.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:reposurgeon
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install reposurgeon
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install reposurgeon
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install reposurgeon
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install reposurgeon
```

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

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:reposurgeon
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 5.9
- **Source summary:** Edit version-control repository history
- **Homepage:** <http://www.catb.org/esr/reposurgeon/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-06T03:07:42Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- repobench (alias)
- repocutter (alias)
- repomapper (alias)
- reposurgeon (alias)
- repotool (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 5.9

## 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 - reposurgeon - 4.38-2+b5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: reposurgeon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool for editing version-control repository history | http://www.catb.org/esr/reposurgeon/
- Nix - reposurgeon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/re/reposurgeon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - reposurgeon - 4.38-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: reposurgeon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool for editing version-control repository history | http://www.catb.org/esr/reposurgeon/
- dnf - reposurgeon - 5.9-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: reposurgeon from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | SCM Repository Manipulation Tool | https://gitlab.com/esr/reposurgeon
- MacPorts - reposurgeon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/reposurgeon/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/reposurgeon.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/reposurgeon.yml)


## Sources

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