# Install c-kermit

Scriptable network and serial communication for UNIX and VMS. Version 9.0.302 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:c-kermit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install c-kermit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install kermit
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kermit
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install ckermit
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ckermit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:c-kermit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/c-kermit>
- **Version:** 9.0.302
- **Source summary:** Scriptable network and serial communication for UNIX and VMS
- **Homepage:** <https://www.kermitproject.org/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.kermitproject.org/ck90.html>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/archives/cku302.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- ckermit.ini (cli)
- kermit (cli)
- kermit-sshsub (cli)
- ckermit.ini (alias)
- kermit (alias)
- kermit-sshsub (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libxcrypt
- ncurses

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 9.0.302
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.kermitproject.org/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- 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:** c-kermit
- **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

- MacPorts - kermit: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: comms/kermit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - kermit: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ke/kermit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - ckermit - 9.0.302-20.2: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ckermit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A Combined Serial and Network Communication Software Package | https://www.kermitproject.org/


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
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- av.db category and tag curation
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- external package-manager database matches
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