# Install setconf with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper

Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files. Version 0.7.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:setconf
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install setconf
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add setconf
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install setconf
```

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

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S setconf
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install setconf
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:setconf
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/setconf>
- **Version:** 0.7.7
- **Source summary:** Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files
- **Homepage:** <https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/xyproto/setconf>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/xyproto/setconf#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/setconf-0.7.7.tar.xz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- setconf (cli)
- setconf (alias)

## Uses from macOS

- python

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.7.7
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 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

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** setconf
- **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 - setconf: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/se/setconf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - setconf - 0.7.7-r8: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: setconf from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- apk - setconf-doc - 0.7.7-r8: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: setconf-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files (documentation) | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- apk - setconf-pyc - 0.7.7-r8: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: setconf-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for setconf | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- dnf - setconf - 0.7.7-23.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: setconf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Utility for changing settings in configuration text files | http://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- pacman - setconf - 0.7.7-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: setconf from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Utility for easily changing settings in configuration files | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org/
- zypper - setconf - 0.7.7-1.13: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: setconf from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Utility to easily change settings in configuration files | https://setconf.roboticoverlords.org


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## Combined YAML source

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