# Install safe-rm with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Wraps rm to prevent dangerous deletion of files. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install safe-rm.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:safe-rm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install safe-rm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install safe-rm
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#safe-rm
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:safe-rm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** Wraps rm to prevent dangerous deletion of files
- **Homepage:** <https://launchpad.net/safe-rm>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- safe-rm (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## 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: /etc/safe-rm.conf, /usr/local/etc/safe-rm.conf, ~/.config/safe-rm
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - safe-rm - 1.1.0-5+b7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: safe-rm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | wrapper around the rm command to prevent accidental deletions | https://launchpad.net/safe-rm
- Nix - safe-rm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/safe-rm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - safe-rm - 1.1.0-5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: safe-rm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | wrapper around the rm command to prevent accidental deletions | https://launchpad.net/safe-rm


## Combined YAML source

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