# Install xauth

X.Org Applications: xauth. Version 1.1.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-03-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:xauth
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install xauth
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install xauth
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: x11/xauth/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add xauth
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install xauth
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-xauth
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: xorg-x11-xauth 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#xauth
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install xauth
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:xauth
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xauth>
- **Version:** 1.1.5
- **Source summary:** X.Org Applications: xauth
- **Homepage:** <https://www.x.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xauth>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man1/xauth.1.html>
- **License:** MIT-open-group
- **Source archive:** <https://www.x.org/pub/individual/app/xauth-1.1.5.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-20T18:56:28Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- xauth (cli)
- xauth (alias)

## Dependencies

- libx11
- libxau
- libxext
- libxmu

## Build Dependencies

- pkgconf
- util-macros

## 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: 1.1.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-03-20
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.x.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

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:** xauth
- **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 - xauth - 1:1.1.2-1.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: xauth from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | X authentication utility
- Nix - xauth: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/xa/xauth/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - xauth - 1:1.1.2-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: xauth from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | X authentication utility
- apk - xauth - 1.1.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: xauth from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | X.Org authorization settings program | https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- apk - xauth-doc - 1.1.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: xauth-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | X.Org authorization settings program (documentation) | https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- dnf - xorg-x11-xauth - 1.1.5-1.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: xorg-x11-xauth from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | X.Org X11 X authority utilities | https://www.x.org
- zypper - xauth - 1.1.5-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: xauth from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Utility to edit and display the X authorization information | https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
- MacPorts - xauth: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: x11/xauth/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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