# Install sambamba with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Tools for working with SAM/BAM data. Version 1.0.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sambamba
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sambamba
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sambamba
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sambamba
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sambamba
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sambamba>
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Source summary:** Tools for working with SAM/BAM data
- **Homepage:** <https://lomereiter.github.io/sambamba/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/biod/sambamba>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/biod/sambamba#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/biod/sambamba/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.1.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- sambamba (cli)
- sambamba (alias)

## Dependencies

- lz4

## Build dependencies

- ldc

## 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: 1.0.1
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/biod/sambamba
- Upstream latest detected: v1.0.1 (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:** sambamba
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - sambamba - 1.0.1+dfsg-2+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sambamba from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tools for working with SAM/BAM data | https://github.com/lomereiter/sambamba
- Nix - sambamba: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/sambamba/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - sambamba - 1.0.1+dfsg-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sambamba from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tools for working with SAM/BAM data | https://github.com/lomereiter/sambamba


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata.
- [lz4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lz4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ldc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ldc/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [samtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/samtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bam, bioinformatics, cli, genomics, sam.
- [bbtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bbtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science, sequencing.
- [bowtie2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bowtie2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science, sequencing.
- [fgbio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fgbio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science, sequencing.
- [htslib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htslib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science, sequencing.
- [perbase](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/perbase/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bam, bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science.
- [abricate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abricate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science.
- [adapterremoval](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adapterremoval/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science, sequencing.

## Combined YAML source

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