# Install sbt with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Build tool for Scala projects. Version 2.0.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sbt.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sbt
```

## Agent safety answer

sbt builds Scala projects and can publish artifacts to repositories.

- **Credential access:** Reads credentials files, environment variables, and repository config.
- **Remote mutation:** Can run tasks and plugins that publish or call remote services.
- **Publish/artifact risk:** Can publish jars, plugins, and release metadata.
- **Recommended control:** Gate publish, release, and credentialed repository tasks.
- **Agent-use guidance:** Allow compile/test; require approval for publish, release, and secret-backed tasks.

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sbt
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sbt
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sbt
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: sbt from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sbt
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install sbt
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: sbt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','samsung-magician'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/sbt
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id sbt.sbt -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: sbt.sbt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sbt
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Source summary:** Build tool for Scala projects
- **Homepage:** <https://www.scala-sbt.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sbt/sbt>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T00:52:27Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sbt (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.4

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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


## 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.


## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.sbt/.credentials
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - sbt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: sbt from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- pacman - sbt - 1:2.0.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sbt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The interactive build tool | https://www.scala-sbt.org/
- MacPorts - sbt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/sbt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - sbt: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: sbt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','samsung-magician'
- Scoop - main/sbt: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sbt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - sbt.sbt: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: sbt.sbt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sbt.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sbt.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
- curated agent safety answer