# 使用 Homebrew, pacman, scoop 安装 bob

查看 bob 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:bob
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bob
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S bob
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/bob
```

  证据: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bob.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:bob
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 4.1.7
- **来源摘要:** Version manager for neovim
- **主页:** <https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- bob (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 4.1.7
## 项目历史与用法

Bob is a Rust command-line version manager for Neovim, aimed at users who want to install, switch, run, and remove stable, nightly, versioned, or commit-specific Neovim builds from one tool.

### 项目历史

The project presents itself as a cross-platform Neovim version manager and distributes install scripts, release archives, nightly builds, pacman packaging, and a crates.io install path from its official README. Its notices show an actively maintained tool that has changed implementation details over time, including macOS storage changes in 2022, a proxy executable migration in 2023, improved Apple Silicon support in 2024, and OpenSSL build deprecation in 2025.

### 采用历史

Bob's adoption is mostly within Neovim power-user and plugin-development circles, where testing multiple Neovim versions is routine. The input package facts list Homebrew, Arch/pacman, and Scoop packaging, showing it crossed from cargo-based installation into mainstream system package channels.

### 使用方式

Common usage is `bob install`, `bob use`, and `bob run` for stable, nightly, latest, explicit versions, or commit hashes. The tool also supports rollback, erase, list, sync, and source builds of Neovim.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Bob is package-nerd interesting because it treats a fast-moving editor as a versioned runtime, much like language version managers do for Node, Ruby, or Python. It also sits at the intersection of Rust CLI distribution, Neovim nightly culture, and cross-platform binary management.

### 时间线

- 2022: Official notice moves Bob's macOS symbolic link and downloads folder away from Application Support.
- 2023: Bob switches to a proxy executable model for running Neovim executables.
- 2024: Bob adds complete ARM support for recent macOS Neovim binary changes and later deprecates nvim-qt support.
- 2025: OpenSSL builds are deprecated in favor of standard Bob builds.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Neovim itself, rustup-style version managers, and editor/runtime switchers used by developers who test against nightly and released toolchains.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob#readme>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger 风险:** orange / 中
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration 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

- Linux: /home/user/.config/bob/config.json, /home/user/.config/bob/config.toml
- macOS: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/bob/config.json, /Users/user/Library/Application Support/bob/config.toml
- Windows: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\bob\config.json, C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\bob\config.toml
## 其他软件包管理器记录

- pacman - bob - 4.1.7-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bob from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A version manager for neovim | https://github.com/MordechaiHadad/bob
- Scoop - main/bob: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bob.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph