# Install sambamba with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Tools for working with SAM/BAM data. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install sambamba.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sambamba
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sambamba
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sambamba
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sambamba
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sambamba
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Source summary:** Tools for working with SAM/BAM data
- **Homepage:** <https://lomereiter.github.io/sambamba/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/biod/sambamba>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T23:29:49+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sambamba (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.0.1

## 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 - sambamba - 1.0.1+dfsg-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sambamba from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for working with SAM/BAM data | https://github.com/lomereiter/sambamba
- Nix - sambamba: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/sambamba/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - sambamba - 1.0.1+dfsg-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sambamba from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for working with SAM/BAM data | https://github.com/lomereiter/sambamba


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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