# Install roswell with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop

Lisp installer and launcher for major environments. Version 26.02.116 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#roswell.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:roswell
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install roswell
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install roswell
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add roswell
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#roswell
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S roswell
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/roswell
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/roswell.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:roswell
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 26.02.116
- **Source summary:** Lisp installer and launcher for major environments
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/roswell/roswell>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/roswell/roswell>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ros (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 26.02.116

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - roswell: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ro/roswell/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - roswell - 24.10.115-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: roswell from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Common Lisp environment setup Utility | https://roswell.github.io/
- apk - roswell-doc - 24.10.115-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: roswell-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Common Lisp environment setup Utility (documentation) | https://roswell.github.io/
- pacman - roswell - 26.02.116-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: roswell from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Environment for Common Lisp development | https://roswell.github.io
- MacPorts - roswell: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/roswell/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/roswell: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/roswell.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/roswell.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/roswell.yml)


## Sources

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