# Install pdal with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Point data abstraction library. Version 2.10.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pdal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pdal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pdal
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add libpdal-plugins
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install PDAL
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: PDAL from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pdal
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S pdal
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install PDAL
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: PDAL from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pdal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pdal>
- **Version:** 2.10.2
- **Source summary:** Point data abstraction library
- **Homepage:** <https://pdal.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pdal.org/en/2.10.1>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.10.2/PDAL-2.10.2-src.tar.bz2>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-12T18:26:25Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- pdal (cli)
- pdal-config (cli)
- pdal (alias)
- pdal-config (alias)

## Dependencies

- apache-arrow
- curl
- draco
- gdal
- hdf5
- libgeotiff
- libpq
- libxml2
- lz4
- numpy
- openssl@3
- proj
- tiledb
- xerces-c
- zstd

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- googletest
- pkgconf

## 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: 2.10.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pdal. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pdal
- **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 - pdal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - libpdal-plugins - 2.10.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libpdal-plugins from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | PDAL is a C++ BSD library for translating and manipulating point cloud data. | https://pdal.io/
- apk - pdal - 2.10.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pdal from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | PDAL is a C++ BSD library for translating and manipulating point cloud data. | https://pdal.io/
- apk - pdal-dev - 2.10.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pdal-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | PDAL is a C++ BSD library for translating and manipulating point cloud data. (development files) | https://pdal.io/
- dnf - PDAL - 2.10.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: PDAL from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Point Data Abstraction Library | https://www.pdal.io
- dnf - PDAL-devel - 2.10.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: PDAL-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | PDAL development header files and libraries | https://www.pdal.io
- dnf - PDAL-libs - 2.10.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: PDAL-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | The shared libraries required for PDAL | https://www.pdal.io
- pacman - pdal - 2.10.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pdal from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A C++ library for translating and manipulating point cloud data | http://www.pdal.io
- zypper - PDAL - 2.10.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: PDAL from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Point Data Abstraction Library (GDAL for point cloud data) | https://pdal.org/
- zypper - PDAL-bash-completion - 2.10.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: PDAL-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash completion for PDAL | https://pdal.org/
- zypper - PDAL-devel - 2.10.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: PDAL-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files and tools for PDAL applications | https://pdal.org/
- zypper - PDAL-doc - 2.10.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: PDAL-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Documentation, examples and demos for PDAL | https://pdal.org/
- zypper - libPDAL20 - 2.10.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libPDAL20 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Point Data Abstraction Library (GDAL for point cloud data) | https://pdal.org/
- MacPorts - pdal: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: gis/pdal/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [libgeotiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgeotiff/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Combined YAML source

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