# Install checkbashisms

Checks for bashisms in shell scripts. Version 2.26.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:checkbashisms
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install checkbashisms
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add checkbashisms
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#checkbashisms
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S checkbashisms
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install checkbashisms
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: checkbashisms from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:checkbashisms
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/checkbashisms>
- **Version:** 2.26.9
- **Source summary:** Checks for bashisms in shell scripts
- **Homepage:** <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/>
- **Repository:** <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://manpages.debian.org/testing/devscripts/checkbashisms.1.en.html>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.26.9.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T00:01:27Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- checkbashisms (cli)
- checkbashisms (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.26.9
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-18
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** checkbashisms
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - checkbashisms: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/checkbashisms/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - checkbashisms - 2.26.5-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: checkbashisms from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Debian developer scripts (checkbashisms) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/devscripts
- pacman - checkbashisms - 2.26.9-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: checkbashisms from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Debian script that checks for bashisms | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/devscripts
- zypper - checkbashisms - 2.22.2-3.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: checkbashisms from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Tool for checking /bin/sh scripts for possible bashisms | https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts


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- [reprepro](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/reprepro/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, debian, developer, developer-tools.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
