# Install tcsh

Enhanced, fully compatible version of the Berkeley C shell. Version 6.24.16 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tcsh
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tcsh
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install tcsh
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add tcsh
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tcsh
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install tcsh
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tcsh 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#tcsh
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S tcsh
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install tcsh
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:tcsh
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tcsh>
- **Version:** 6.24.16
- **Source summary:** Enhanced, fully compatible version of the Berkeley C shell
- **Homepage:** <https://www.tcsh.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh#readme>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://astron.com/pub/tcsh/tcsh-6.24.16.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- csh (cli)
- tcsh (cli)
- csh (alias)
- tcsh (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libxcrypt
- ncurses

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 6.24.16
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.tcsh.org/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 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:** tcsh
- **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

- Debian apt - tcsh - 6.24.13-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tcsh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | TENEX C Shell, an enhanced version of Berkeley csh | https://www.tcsh.org/
- Nix - tcsh: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tc/tcsh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - tcsh - 6.24.10-4build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tcsh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | TENEX C Shell, an enhanced version of Berkeley csh | https://www.tcsh.org/
- apk - tcsh - 6.24.16-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tcsh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | extended C-shell | https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh
- apk - tcsh-doc - 6.24.16-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tcsh-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | extended C-shell (documentation) | https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh
- dnf - tcsh - 6.24.16-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tcsh from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | An enhanced version of csh, the C shell | http://www.tcsh.org/
- pacman - tcsh - 6.24.16-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: tcsh from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Enhanced version of the Berkeley C shell | https://www.tcsh.org/
- zypper - tcsh - 6.24.16-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tcsh from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | The C SHell | https://www.tcsh.org/
- zypper - tcsh-lang - 6.24.16-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tcsh-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package tcsh | https://www.tcsh.org/
- MacPorts - tcsh: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: shells/tcsh/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - csh - 20240808-2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: csh from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Shell with C-like syntax | https://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/bin/csh/
- Ubuntu apt - csh - 20230828-1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: csh from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Shell with C-like syntax | https://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/bin/csh/


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