# Install cucumber-ruby with Homebrew, apt, Nix Cucumber for Ruby. Version 11.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cucumber-ruby ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cucumber-ruby ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cucumber ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cucumber from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cucumber ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cucumber/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cucumber-ruby - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 11.1.1 - **Source summary:** Cucumber for Ruby - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T09:54:46Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cucumber (cli) - cucumber (alias) ## Dependencies - ruby ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libffi ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 11.1.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby - Upstream latest detected: v11.1.1 (current) ## Project history and usage Cucumber-Ruby is the Ruby implementation of Cucumber, the behavior-driven-development test runner for executable specifications written in plain-language Gherkin. ### Project history The cucumber-ruby repository was created in 2008. The current official README identifies it as the Ruby implementation of Cucumber and points to sibling implementations for JavaScript, Java, and other languages. ### Adoption history Official Cucumber documentation presents Cucumber as a tool for automated acceptance tests written in plain language so that non-programmers and programmers can read the same test artifacts. The installation docs keep Ruby as one implementation among many, but Cucumber-Ruby remains the gem-oriented implementation and Rails integration path. ### How it is used Cucumber-Ruby is installed as the cucumber Ruby gem, run through the cucumber executable or bundle exec cucumber, and initialized with a features directory containing Gherkin feature files, step definitions, and support code. ### Why package nerds care Cucumber-Ruby is historically important in package-manager indexes because the command is named cucumber while distributions may package it as cucumber-ruby to disambiguate the Ruby implementation from Cucumber-JS, Cucumber-JVM, and other language ports. ### Timeline - 2008: Public cucumber/cucumber-ruby repository created. - 2010s: Cucumber grows into a multi-language project with official implementations beyond Ruby. - 2020s: Official docs continue to document Ruby gem, Bundler, and Rails installation paths. ### Related projects - Gherkin, Cucumber-JS, Cucumber-JVM, Cucumber-Rails, Bundler, RubyGems. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ./config/cucumber.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cucumber-ruby - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cucumber - 2.4.0-5: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: cucumber from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | acceptance testing framework | http://cukes.info/ - Nix - cucumber: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cu/cucumber/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - cucumber - 2.4.0-5: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cucumber from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | acceptance testing framework | http://cukes.info/ ## Related links - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [ruby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ruby/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [shellspec](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shellspec/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bdd, cli, developer-tools, testing. - [allure](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/allure/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [artillery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/artillery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [busted](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/busted/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [bzt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bzt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-fuzz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-fuzz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-hack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-hack/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [cargo-insta](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-insta/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, testing. - [gauge](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gauge/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: bdd, cli, developer, developer-tools, testing. - [mailcatcher](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mailcatcher/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, ruby, testing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cucumber-ruby.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cucumber-ruby.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph