# Install lbdb

Little brother's database for the mutt mail reader. Version 0.57 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lbdb
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lbdb
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install lbdb
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install elpa-lbdb
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install lbdb
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lbdb from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lbdb
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install lbdb
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:lbdb
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lbdb>
- **Version:** 0.57
- **Source summary:** Little brother's database for the mutt mail reader
- **Homepage:** <https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Rolander/lbdb>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/download/lbdb-0.57.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- lbdb-fetchaddr (cli)
- lbdb_dotlock (cli)
- lbdbq (cli)
- mutt_ldap_query (cli)
- nodelist2lbdb (cli)
- lbdb-fetchaddr (alias)
- lbdb_dotlock (alias)
- lbdbq (alias)
- mutt_ldap_query (alias)
- nodelist2lbdb (alias)

## Dependencies

- abook
- khard

## 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: 0.57
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Sicherheitshinweise

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:** lbdb
- **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 - elpa-lbdb - 0.56-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: elpa-lbdb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Little Brother's DataBase Emacs extensions | https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- Debian apt - lbdb - 0.56-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lbdb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Little Brother's DataBase for the mutt mail reader | https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- Nix - lbdb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lb/lbdb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - elpa-lbdb - 0.52.1-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: elpa-lbdb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Little Brother's DataBase Emacs extensions | https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- Ubuntu apt - lbdb - 0.52.1-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lbdb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Little Brother's DataBase for the mutt mail reader | https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- dnf - lbdb - 0.41-23.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lbdb from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Address Database for mutt | http://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- zypper - lbdb - 0.52.1-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lbdb from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Address Database for mutt | https://www.spinnaker.de/lbdb/
- MacPorts - lbdb: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: mail/lbdb/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
