# Install packcc with Homebrew, Nix

Parser generator for C. Version 3.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:packcc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install packcc
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#packcc
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:packcc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/packcc>
- **Version:** 3.1.0
- **Source summary:** Parser generator for C
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/arithy/packcc>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/arithy/packcc>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/arithy/packcc#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/arithy/packcc/archive/refs/tags/v3.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- packcc (cli)
- packcc (alias)

## Build dependencies

- cmake

## 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: 3.1.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/arithy/packcc
- Upstream latest detected: v3.1.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## Security Notes

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:** packcc
- **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 - packcc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pa/packcc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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- [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.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [antlr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/antlr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, parser-generator, parser-generators.
- [bison](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bison/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, parser-generator, parser-generators.
- [goyacc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/goyacc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, parser-generator, parser-generators.
- [lemon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lemon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, parser-generator, parser-generators.
- [peg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/peg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, parser-generator, peg.
- [byacc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/byacc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, developer-tools, parser-generator.
- [cbindgen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cbindgen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [cproto](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cproto/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, code-generation, developer-tools.
- [autorest](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autorest/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, code, code-generation, developer, developer-tools.
- [configen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/configen/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, code, code-generation, developer, developer-tools.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/packcc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/packcc.yml)


## 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