# Install shntool with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Multi-purpose tool for manipulating and analyzing WAV files. Version 3.0.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install shntool.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shntool
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shntool
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install shntool
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add shntool
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install shntool
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install shntool
```

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

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install shntool
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shntool
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.0.10
- **Source summary:** Multi-purpose tool for manipulating and analyzing WAV files
- **Homepage:** <http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- shncat (alias)
- shncmp (alias)
- shnconv (alias)
- shncue (alias)
- shnfix (alias)
- shngen (alias)
- shnhash (alias)
- shninfo (alias)
- shnjoin (alias)
- shnlen (alias)
- shnpad (alias)
- shnsplit (alias)
- shnstrip (alias)
- shntool (alias)
- shntrim (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.0.10

## 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 - shntool - 3.0.10+git20130108.4ca41f4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: shntool from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | multi-purpose tool for manipulating and analyzing WAV files | http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/
- Nix - shntool: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sh/shntool/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - shntool - 3.0.10-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: shntool from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | multi-purpose tool for manipulating and analyzing WAV files | http://etree.org/shnutils/shntool/
- apk - shntool - 3.0.10-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shntool from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility | http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/
- apk - shntool-doc - 3.0.10-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: shntool-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility (documentation) | http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/
- dnf - shntool - 3.0.10-46.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: shntool from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility | http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/
- zypper - shntool - 3.0.10-4.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: shntool from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility | http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/
- MacPorts - shntool: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/shntool/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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