# Install basex

Light-weight XML database and XPath/XQuery processor. Version 12.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:basex
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install basex
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install basex
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install basex
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#basex
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:basex
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/basex>
- **Version:** 12.4
- **Source summary:** Light-weight XML database and XPath/XQuery processor
- **Homepage:** <https://basex.org>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/BaseXdb/basex>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.basex.org/main/Main_Page>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://files.basex.org/releases/12.4/BaseX124.zip>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T11:51:44Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- basex (cli)
- basexclient (cli)
- basexgui (cli)
- basexhttp (cli)
- basexhttpstop (cli)
- basexserver (cli)
- basexserverstop (cli)
- basex (alias)
- basexclient (alias)
- basexgui (alias)
- basexhttp (alias)
- basexhttpstop (alias)
- basexserver (alias)
- basexserverstop (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 12.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://basex.org
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** basex
- **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 - basex - 10.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: basex from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | XML database and XPath/XQuery processor | http://basex.org
- Nix - basex: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ba/basex/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - basex - 10.5-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: basex from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | XML database and XPath/XQuery processor | http://basex.org
- MacPorts - basex: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: databases/basex/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## 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