# Install purl with npm

a PURL ( https://tc54.org/purl/ ) parser and serializer. Version 2.2.0 via npm; verified 2026-06-18. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install python3-purl.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:purl
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g purl
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:purl
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 2.2.0
- **Source summary:** a PURL ( https://tc54.org/purl/ ) parser and serializer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ljharb/purl#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T18:45:46.470Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- purl (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for purl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python3-purl - 1.6-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-purl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URL interrogation and manipulation (Python3 version) | https://codeinthehole.com/writing/purl-immutable-url-objects-for-python/
- Ubuntu apt - python3-purl - 1.6-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-purl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URL interrogation and manipulation (Python3 version) | https://codeinthehole.com/writing/purl-immutable-url-objects-for-python/
- MacPorts - purl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: finance/purl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Sources

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