# Install setconf with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper

Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files. Version 0.7.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#setconf.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:setconf
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install setconf
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add setconf
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install setconf
```

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S setconf
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install setconf
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: setconf from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:setconf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.7
- **Source summary:** Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files
- **Homepage:** <https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/xyproto/setconf>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- setconf (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.7

## 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 - setconf: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/se/setconf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - setconf - 0.7.7-r8: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: setconf from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- apk - setconf-doc - 0.7.7-r8: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: setconf-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files (documentation) | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- apk - setconf-pyc - 0.7.7-r8: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: setconf-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for setconf | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- dnf - setconf - 0.7.7-24.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: setconf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utility for changing settings in configuration text files | http://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- pacman - setconf - 0.7.7-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: setconf from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- zypper - setconf - 0.7.7-1.14: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: setconf from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Utility to easily change settings in configuration files | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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