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Install gdbm with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

GNU database manager. Version 1.26 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gdbm

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gdbm

MacPorts ports tree · databases/gdbm/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gdbm

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · gdbm · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gdbm-l10n

Debian stable package indexes · gdbm-l10n · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gdbm

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gdbm · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gdbm

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gdbm

Arch Linux sync databases · gdbm · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install gdbm-devel

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · gdbm-devel · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

GNU database manager

Commands and aliases

  • gdbm_dump
  • gdbm_load
  • gdbmtool

history

Project history and usage

GNU dbm, or GDBM, is the GNU database manager: a library and small utility set for disk-backed hashed key/value databases compatible in spirit with traditional Unix dbm.

Project history

The GDBM manual says the software was originally written by Philip A. Nelson. The project page also credits Philip A. Nelson, Jason Downs, and Sergey Poznyakoff.

GDBM was designed as a programmer library rather than a complete end-user database package. It stores unique key/data pairs in a GDBM disk file and provides primitives for storing, fetching, deleting, iterating, reorganizing, dumping, and loading records.

Adoption history

GDBM's adoption comes from its role as a small native library for programs that need simple persistent key/value storage without running a database server.

The package also provides traditional dbm and ndbm interfaces, which keeps old Unix dbm-style applications buildable against a GNU-maintained implementation.

How it is used

The manual shows C programs including gdbm.h, opening a database with gdbm_open, reading records with gdbm_fetch, and linking with -lgdbm.

The package includes command-line utilities such as gdbmtool, gdbm_dump, and gdbm_load for inspecting, modifying, exporting, and importing GDBM databases.

Why package nerds care

GDBM is package-nerd significant because it is an old, boring, ABI-sensitive C library that many higher-level packages can quietly depend on for dbm-compatible storage.

It sits in the same mental shelf as Berkeley DB and ndbm: not glamorous, but important when language runtimes or Unix tools need a tiny persistent hash table.

Timeline

  • Original era: Philip A. Nelson writes the original GNU dbm software.
  • Modern manual: GDBM 1.25 documents the current GNU database manager API and utilities.
  • 2016-2022: The official project page copyright reflects Sergey Poznyakoff's maintained project page era.

Related projects

  • GDBM is related to standard Unix dbm and ndbm interfaces.
  • It is also comparable in package ecosystems to other embedded key/value stores such as Berkeley DB, although the official GDBM docs focus on dbm compatibility rather than positioning against alternatives.

security posture

Risk level: blue

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

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

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

Signals

  • text:database

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 9 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gdbm_dumpcliglobal executable
gdbm_loadcliglobal executable
gdbmtoolcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.26
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gdbm
Version1.26
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gdbm
Homepagehttps://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/
Repositoryhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gdbm.git
Upstream docshttps://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/manual
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.26.tar.gz
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sequoia, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegdbm
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gdbm-l10n 1.24-2

GNU dbm database routines (translation files)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install gdbm-l10n
  • Section: localization
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gdbm-l10n from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gdbmtool 1.24-2

GNU dbm database routines (command line tools)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install gdbmtool
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gdbmtool from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgdbm-compat-dev 1.24-2

GNU dbm database routines (legacy support development files)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm-compat-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgdbm-compat-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgdbm-compat4t64 1.24-2

GNU dbm database routines (legacy support runtime version)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm-compat4t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgdbm-compat4t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgdbm-dev 1.24-2

GNU dbm database routines (development files)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgdbm-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libgdbm6t64 1.24-2

GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm6t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libgdbm6t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gdbm

nix profile install nixpkgs#gdbm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

gdbm-l10n 1.23-5.1build1

GNU dbm database routines (translation files)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install gdbm-l10n
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gdbm-l10n from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gdbmtool 1.23-5.1build1

GNU dbm database routines (command line tools)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install gdbmtool
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gdbmtool from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgdbm-compat-dev 1.23-5.1build1

GNU dbm database routines (legacy support development files)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm-compat-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgdbm-compat-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgdbm-compat4t64 1.23-5.1build1

GNU dbm database routines (legacy support runtime version)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm-compat4t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgdbm-compat4t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgdbm-dev 1.23-5.1build1

GNU dbm database routines (development files)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgdbm-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libgdbm6t64 1.23-5.1build1

GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)

https://gnu.org/software/gdbm

sudo apt install libgdbm6t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgdbm6t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

gdbm 1.26-r0

GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing

https://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/

sudo apk add gdbm
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gdbm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gdbm-dev 1.26-r0

GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing (development files)

https://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/

sudo apk add gdbm-dev
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gdbm-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

gdbm-doc 1.26-r0

GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing (documentation)

https://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/

sudo apk add gdbm-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gdbm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gdbm
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gdbm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

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