# Install sextractor with Homebrew, dnf

Extract catalogs of sources from astronomical images. Version 2.28.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install sextractor.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sextractor
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sextractor
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sextractor
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sextractor from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sextractor
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.28.2
- **Source summary:** Extract catalogs of sources from astronomical images
- **Homepage:** <https://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/astromatic/sextractor>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ldactoasc (alias)
- sex (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.28.2

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool 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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ./default.sex
## Other Package-Manager Records

- dnf - sextractor - 2.28.2-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sextractor from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Extract catalogs of sources from astronomical images | http://astromatic.iap.fr/software/sextractor


## Combined YAML source

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