# Install premake

Write once, build anywhere Lua-based build system. Version 5.0.0-beta8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:premake
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install premake
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install premake
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/premake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install premake
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: premake from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#premake
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S premake
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/premake
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:premake
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/premake>
- **Version:** 5.0.0-beta8
- **Source summary:** Write once, build anywhere Lua-based build system
- **Homepage:** <https://premake.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/premake/premake-core>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://premake.github.io/docs>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/premake/premake-core/archive/refs/tags/v5.0.0-beta8.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- premake5 (cli)
- premake5 (alias)

## 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: 5.0.0-beta8
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/premake/premake-core
- Upstream latest detected: v5.0.0-beta8 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## 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:** premake
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **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 - premake: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: premake from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- dnf - premake - 5.0.0-10.20251127gite38ef3f.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: premake from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Cross-platform build configuration tool | https://premake.github.io/
- pacman - premake - 5.0beta8-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: premake from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A simple build configuration and project generation tool | https://premake.github.io/
- MacPorts - premake: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/premake/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/premake: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/premake.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - premake5: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/premake5/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - premake5: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: premake5 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Scoop - versions/premake5: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/premake5.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Versions/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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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
