# Install sbcl with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper

Steel Bank Common Lisp system. Version 2.6.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sbcl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sbcl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sbcl
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add sbcl
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sbcl
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sbcl
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sbcl 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#sbcl
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: sbcl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sbcl
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install sbcl
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install sbcl
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: sbcl from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.3136','buttercup'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/sbcl
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sbcl.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id SBCL.SBCL -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: SBCL.SBCL from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sbcl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sbcl>
- **Version:** 2.6.5
- **Source summary:** Steel Bank Common Lisp system
- **Homepage:** <https://www.sbcl.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://sourceforge.net/p/sbcl/sbcl>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.sbcl.org/manual>
- **License:** LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain AND MIT AND Xerox AND BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sbcl/sbcl/2.6.5/sbcl-2.6.5-source.tar.bz2>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-05T00:03:24Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- sbcl (cli)
- sbcl (alias)

## Dependencies

- zstd

## Build dependencies

- ecl

## 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: 2.6.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-05
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.sbcl.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 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: $SBCL_HOME/sbclrc, /etc/sbclrc, ~/.sbclrc
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** sbcl
- **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 - sbcl - 2:2.5.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sbcl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Common Lisp compiler and development system | http://www.sbcl.org
- Debian apt - sbcl-doc - 2:2.5.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sbcl-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for Steel Bank Common Lisp | http://www.sbcl.org
- Debian apt - sbcl-source - 2:2.5.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sbcl-source from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Source code files for SBCL | http://www.sbcl.org
- Nix - sbcl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: sbcl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - sbcl - 2:2.2.9-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sbcl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Common Lisp compiler and development system | http://www.sbcl.org
- Ubuntu apt - sbcl-doc - 2:2.2.9-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sbcl-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for Steel Bank Common Lisp | http://www.sbcl.org
- Ubuntu apt - sbcl-source - 2:2.2.9-1ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sbcl-source from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Source code files for SBCL | http://www.sbcl.org
- apk - sbcl - 2.6.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sbcl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Steel Bank Common Lisp | https://www.sbcl.org/
- apk - sbcl-doc - 2.6.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sbcl-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Steel Bank Common Lisp (documentation) | https://www.sbcl.org/
- apk - sbcl-source - 2.6.5-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: sbcl-source from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | sbcl source code | https://www.sbcl.org/
- dnf - sbcl - 2.6.5-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sbcl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Steel Bank Common Lisp | https://sbcl.sourceforge.io/
- pacman - sbcl - 2.6.5-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sbcl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Steel Bank Common Lisp | http://www.sbcl.org/
- zypper - sbcl - 2.6.5-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sbcl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Steel Bank Common Lisp | http://www.sbcl.org/
- zypper - sbcl-bin - 2.6.5-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sbcl-bin from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The Steel Bank Common Lisp loader program | http://www.sbcl.org/
- MacPorts - sbcl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/sbcl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - sbcl: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: sbcl from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.3136','buttercup'


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

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
