# Install linkerd

Command-line utility to interact with linkerd. Version 2.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:linkerd
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install linkerd
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#linkerd
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: linkerd from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/linkerd
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/linkerd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:linkerd
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/linkerd>
- **Version:** 2.19
- **Source summary:** Command-line utility to interact with linkerd
- **Homepage:** <https://linkerd.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://linkerd.io/2/reference/cli>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-05T03:48:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- linkerd (cli)
- linkerd (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.19
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-05
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** linkerd
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - linkerd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: linkerd from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Scoop - extras/linkerd: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/linkerd.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [kubespy](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kubespy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, observability.
- [helm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/helm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [k9s](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/k9s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.

## 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