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

Text replacement utility. Version 2.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rpl.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rpl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rpl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rpl
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install rpl
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rpl
```

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

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rpl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Source summary:** Text replacement utility
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rrthomas/rpl>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rrthomas/rpl>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T03:17:34Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- rpl (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.1.0

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - rpl - 1.14-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rpl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | replace strings in files | https://github.com/rrthomas/rpl
- Nix - rpl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rp/rpl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - rpl - 1.14-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rpl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | replace strings in files | https://github.com/rrthomas/rpl
- dnf - rpl - 1.5.7-36.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rpl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Intelligent recursive search/replace utility | https://github.com/kcoyner/rpl/
- MacPorts - rpl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/rpl/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/rpl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rpl.yml)


## Sources

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