# Install lbdb with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper 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/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-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/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lbdb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.57 - **Source summary:** Little brother's database for the mutt mail reader - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.57 - Local data: 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. ## Project history and usage lbdb, the Little Brother's Database, is an address lookup helper associated with the Mutt mail reader. ### Project history The official lbdb page names Thomas Roessler as the initial author and Roland Rosenfeld as maintainer. It says the package was inspired by the Emacs Big Brother Database package and Brandon Long's external query patch for Mutt, a patch incorporated into Mutt starting with Mutt 0.93. ### Adoption history lbdb's long package-manager footprint comes from its fit with text-mode mail workflows: the input data lists Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and openSUSE packaging. ### How it is used Users query it with `lbdbq `. The official page says lbdbq invokes modules to gather matching person records from sources such as received-mail address lists, YP maps, and finger lookups. ### Why package nerds care lbdb is a classic Unix mail add-on: it is small, modular, and oriented around composing tools such as Mutt rather than replacing them with a full contact manager. ### Timeline - Mutt 0.93 era: Mutt incorporated the external query patch that helped motivate lbdb. - 2017-12-03: The maintainer GitHub repository referenced from the official site was created. - 2026-01-17: The maintainer GitHub repository metadata showed activity on that date. ### Related projects - The official page relates lbdb to Mutt, Big Brother Database for Emacs mailers, YP maps, finger, LDAP query tooling, and lbdb's own helper commands such as lbdb-fetchaddr and mutt_ldap_query. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /usr/local/etc/lbdb.rc, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lbdb/config, ~/.lbdbrc, ~/.lbdb/lbdbrc, ~/.lbdb/rc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** lbdb - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **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/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-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/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-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 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [abook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abook/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [khard](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/khard/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [urlscan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/urlscan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, mutt, productivity. - [aerc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [alot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [alpine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alpine/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [extract_url](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/extract-url/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [gmailctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gmailctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [himalaya](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/himalaya/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, email, productivity. - [neomutt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neomutt/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, email, mail, productivity, reader. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lbdb.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/lbdb.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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