# Install rdkit with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, pacman

Nucleus package metadata for rdkit, from local Automic Vault package sources. Version 2026.03.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rdkit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rdkit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rdkit
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install librdkit-dev
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S rdkit
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rdkit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rdkit>
- **Version:** 2026.03.3
- **Source summary:** Nucleus package metadata for rdkit, from local Automic Vault package sources.
- **Homepage:** <https://rdkit.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://rdkit.org/>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit/archive/refs/tags/Release_2026_03_3.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Dependencies

- boost
- boost-python3
- cairo
- coordgen
- eigen
- freetype
- inchi
- maeparser
- numpy
- py3cairo
- python@3.14

## Build dependencies

- catch2
- cmake
- pkgconf
- postgresql@17
- postgresql@18

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: You may need to add RDBASE to your environment variables, e.g. export RDBASE="\$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/rdkit/share/RDKit"
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2026.03.3
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for rdkit. 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:** rdkit
- **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

- Debian apt - librdkit-dev - 202503.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: librdkit-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (development files) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Debian apt - librdkit1t64 - 202503.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: librdkit1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (shared libraries) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Debian apt - postgresql-17-rdkit - 202503.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: postgresql-17-rdkit from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Cheminformatics and machine-learning software (PostgreSQL Cartridge) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Debian apt - python3-rdkit - 202503.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-rdkit from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software | http://www.rdkit.org
- Debian apt - rdkit-data - 202503.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rdkit-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (data files) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Debian apt - rdkit-doc - 202503.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rdkit-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (documentation) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Ubuntu apt - librdkit-dev - 202309.3-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: librdkit-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (development files) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Ubuntu apt - librdkit1 - 202309.3-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: librdkit1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (shared libraries) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Ubuntu apt - postgresql-16-rdkit - 202309.3-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: postgresql-16-rdkit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Cheminformatics and machine-learning software (PostgreSQL Cartridge) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Ubuntu apt - python3-rdkit - 202309.3-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-rdkit from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software | http://www.rdkit.org
- Ubuntu apt - rdkit-data - 202309.3-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rdkit-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (data files) | http://www.rdkit.org
- Ubuntu apt - rdkit-doc - 202309.3-3build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rdkit-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Collection of cheminformatics and machine-learning software (documentation) | http://www.rdkit.org
- pacman - rdkit - 2026.03.3-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: rdkit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Open-source toolkit for cheminformatics | https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit
- MacPorts - rdkit: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: science/rdkit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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