# deheader mit Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für deheader in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:deheader
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install deheader
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install deheader
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#deheader
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install deheader
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deheader from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:deheader
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/deheader>
- **Version:** 1.12
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Analyze C/C++ files for unnecessary headers
- **Homepage:** <http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.com/esr/deheader>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader>
- **Lizenz:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://gitlab.com/esr/deheader/-/archive/1.12/deheader-1.12.tar.bz2>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- deheader (cli)
- deheader (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- asciidoctor

## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken

- python

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf all

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 1.12
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

deheader is a C and C++ source analysis tool that finds include directives which can be removed while the file still compiles.

### Projektgeschichte

The official project page describes deheader as a tool for removing unneeded includes, improving compilation time on large C++ projects, and exposing hidden dependencies and cohesion problems. The README says it is commonly packaged as `deheader`.

The NEWS file gives a long maintenance record beginning with 0.1 on 2010-12-01. Later releases added summary output, portability checks, duplicate include detection, Python 2/3 compatibility, Makefile-friendly exit status, GCC compatibility updates, and continued documentation and hardening fixes through 1.12 in 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

deheader is packaged by Homebrew and appears upstream as a named package on the official project page. Its low-level C/C++ focus makes it more of a maintainer and build-hygiene tool than an end-user application.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The package is used during source maintenance to test whether headers are actually required. Because it verifies removals by compilation, it belongs in the same toolbox as static-analysis and build-cleanup utilities rather than pure text linters.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

deheader matters to package nerds because header bloat affects compile time, portability, and dependency clarity. It is especially relevant when distributions and maintainers need source trees to build cleanly across compilers, standard libraries, and Unix variants.

### Zeitleiste

- 2010: 0.1 initial release.
- 2016: 1.5 adds exit status behavior useful in Makefiles.
- 2022: 1.8 changes the shebang to Python 3.
- 2026: 1.12 is released.

### Related projects

- The project is adjacent to C and C++ compiler toolchains, build systems, and static-analysis utilities that reduce unnecessary source dependencies.

### Quellen

- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader>
- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/README.adoc>
- <http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/NEWS.adoc>
- <https://gitlab.com/esr/deheader>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/deheader>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - deheader - 1.11-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: deheader from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Find and remove unnecessary includes in C or C++ source files | http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/
- Nix - deheader: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/deheader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - deheader - 1.10-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: deheader from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Find and remove unnecessary includes in C or C++ source files | http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/
- zypper - deheader - 1.11-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: deheader from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Find and optionally remove unneeded includes in C or C++ sourcefiles | http://www.catb.org/~esr/deheader/


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/deheader.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/deheader.yml)


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