# Install shtool with Homebrew, apt

GNU's portable shell tool. Version 2.0.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install shtool.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:shtool
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install shtool
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install shtool
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:shtool
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.8
- **Source summary:** GNU's portable shell tool
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- shtool (alias)
- shtoolize (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.0.8

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - shtool - 2.0.8-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: shtool from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | portable shell tool from the GNU project | https://www.gnu.org/software/shtool
- Ubuntu apt - shtool - 2.0.8-10: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: shtool from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | portable shell tool from the GNU project | https://www.gnu.org/software/shtool


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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