# Install lft

Layer Four Traceroute (LFT), an advanced traceroute tool. Version 3.98 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lft
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lft
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install lft
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install lft
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:lft
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lft>
- **Version:** 3.98
- **Source summary:** Layer Four Traceroute (LFT), an advanced traceroute tool
- **Homepage:** <https://pwhois.org/lft/>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pwhois.org/lft>
- **License:** VOSTROM
- **Source archive:** <https://pwhois.org/dl/index.who?file=lft-3.98.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-29T13:28:47Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- lft (cli)
- whob (cli)
- lft (alias)
- whob (alias)

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libpcap

## 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: 3.98
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pwhois.org/lft/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

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:** lft
- **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 - lft - 3.91-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lft from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | layer-four traceroute | https://pwhois.org/lft/
- Ubuntu apt - lft - 3.91-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lft from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | layer-four traceroute | http://pwhois.org/lft/
- MacPorts - lft: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/lft/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