# Install tmpwatch

Find and remove files not accessed in a specified time. Version 2.11 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tmpwatch
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tmpwatch
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install tmpwatch
```

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

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install tmpwatch
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:tmpwatch
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tmpwatch>
- **Version:** 2.11
- **Source summary:** Find and remove files not accessed in a specified time
- **Homepage:** <https://pagure.io/tmpwatch>
- **Repository:** <https://pagure.io/tmpwatch>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pagure.io/tmpwatch/blob/master/f/tmpwatch.8>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://releases.pagure.org/tmpwatch/tmpwatch-2.11.tar.bz2>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- tmpwatch (cli)
- tmpwatch (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.11
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pagure.io/tmpwatch
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## セキュリティノート

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:** tmpwatch
- **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 - tmpwatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tm/tmpwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - tmpwatch - 2.11-30.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: tmpwatch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | A utility for removing files based on when they were last accessed | https://pagure.io/tmpwatch
- zypper - tmpwatch - 2.11-7.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: tmpwatch from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Watches file system activity, such as /tmp files | https://pagure.io/tmpwatch


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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