# Install dbacl with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix Digramic Bayesian classifier. Version 1.14.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dbacl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dbacl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dbacl ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/dbacl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dbacl ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/db/dbacl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dbacl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.14.1 - **Source summary:** Digramic Bayesian classifier - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - bayesol (cli) - dbacl (cli) - hmine (cli) - hypex (cli) - mailcross (cli) - mailfoot (cli) - mailinspect (cli) - mailtoe (cli) - bayesol (alias) - dbacl (alias) - hmine (alias) - hypex (alias) - mailcross (alias) - mailfoot (alias) - mailinspect (alias) - mailtoe (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.14.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://dbacl.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage dbacl is a collection of lightweight Unix and POSIX utilities for Bayesian text classification. Its most familiar package-manager use is mail filtering, but the official documentation presents it as a general text-classification toolkit that can be scripted for many document-sorting tasks. ### Project history The SourceForge project metadata records dbacl from January 2003, and the project homepage describes the core utility plus companion tools such as bayesol, mailcross, mailtoe, mailfoot, and mailinspect. The documentation emphasizes digramic Bayesian classification and decision rules based on misclassification costs. ### Adoption history dbacl belongs to the early-2000s wave of command-line spam and text filters that could be composed with mail delivery agents and shell scripts. Its documentation includes tutorials for junk mail filtering, cross-validation, procmail integration, and comparisons with other classifiers, which made it fit the Unix mail-filtering culture of the period. ### How it is used Users train categories from example text, classify new input, and combine dbacl with companion utilities when they need optimal classification rules or mail-filter evaluation. The manual-page index documents the small-tool style: one command for posterior probabilities, one for decision rules, and other commands for mailbox inspection and validation. ### Why package nerds care dbacl is interesting as a compact research-adjacent CLI package: it exposes Bayesian classification as ordinary Unix commands instead of a library or service. For package nerds, it is a reminder of when spam filtering, procmail recipes, and statistical text processing were common reasons to install small C command-line tools. ### Timeline - 2003: SourceForge project metadata records the project creation date. - 2000s: Official docs cover spam filtering, shell integration, and manual pages for the dbacl utility family. - Present: SourceForge hosts the project page and an official Git browser. ### Related projects - The official related-projects page links dbacl to spam-filtering software, a Bayesian RSS aggregator, and the TREC Spam Filter Evaluation Tool Kit. ### Sources - - - - - - ## 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:** dbacl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dbacl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/db/dbacl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - dbacl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/dbacl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [bogofilter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bogofilter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, security, spam-filter. - [hashcash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hashcash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, security. - [pywhat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pywhat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, security. - [acme.sh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/acme-sh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [aescrypt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aescrypt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [aespipe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aespipe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [afflib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afflib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [afl++](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/afl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security. - [crunch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crunch/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, security. - [dc3dd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dc3dd/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dbacl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dbacl.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph