# Install libdatrie with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Double-Array Trie Library. Version 0.2.14 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libdatrie ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libdatrie ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libdatrie ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/libdatrie/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libdatrie ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdatrie from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libdatrie-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libdatrie-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libdatrie ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdatrie 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#libdatrie ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libdatrie/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libdatrie ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libdatrie from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libdatrie-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libdatrie-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libdatrie - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.14 - **Source summary:** Double-Array Trie Library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - trietool (cli) - trietool-0.2 (cli) - trietool (alias) - trietool-0.2 (alias) ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## 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: 0.2.14 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tlwg/libdatrie - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage libdatrie is Theppitak Karoonboonyanan's C implementation of a double-array trie, packaged as a small LGPL library plus the trietool command. It occupies a durable niche in text-processing stacks that need compact dictionary lookup. ### Project history The upstream README traces libdatrie to an earlier C++ library named midatrie and to Junichi Aoe's double-array trie structure. The project page says the implementation was simplified and rewritten from scratch in C, with libdatrie 0.1.0 released on 18 September 2006. Release notes show a conservative library-maintenance rhythm: ABI and file-format changes before 0.2.0, portability fixes for Mac, Cygwin, MinGW, NetBSD, and Windows, Doxygen documentation updates, serialization APIs, and build-system cleanup. The package has stayed intentionally focused on the data structure rather than becoming a broad NLP toolkit. ### Adoption history The README frames tries as useful for lexical analyzers and spelling dictionaries, and the NEWS file explicitly mentions LibThai word-breaking performance improvements in 2015. Its package availability across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, and other systems reflects its role as a low-level dependency rather than a widely invoked application. ### How it is used Users can link the C library for trie storage and lookup or use trietool to create and inspect trie data. The alphabet-map detail in the original project notes is important: applications define a compact character mapping before building trie storage. ### Why package nerds care libdatrie is the kind of package that shows why distro dependency graphs matter: a tiny C library, an old but useful data structure, a command-line utility, and years of portability fixes that keep language and dictionary packages building cleanly. ### Timeline - 2001: The older midatrie C++ releases appeared on the original project page. - 2006: libdatrie 0.1.0 was released as a C rewrite with a BASE-TAIL double-array trie structure. - 2009: libdatrie 0.2.0 added performance APIs and started the 0.2 series. - 2015: libdatrie 0.2.9 renamed trietool-0.2 to trietool and documented LibThai performance improvements. - 2018: libdatrie 0.2.11 and 0.2.12 focused on correctness, C90 portability, and compiler-warning fixes. - 2021: libdatrie 0.2.13 added memory-buffer serialization APIs and more portability fixes. - 2025: libdatrie 0.2.14 cleaned up build dependencies, parallel-build issues, and error handling. ### Related projects - midatrie is the direct predecessor. LibThai is a notable downstream text-processing user, and Aoe's double-array trie paper is the algorithmic reference cited by upstream. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** libdatrie - **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 - libdatrie-dev - 0.2.13-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libdatrie-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Debian apt - libdatrie-doc - 0.2.13-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libdatrie-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation files for double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Debian apt - libdatrie1 - 0.2.13-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libdatrie1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Debian apt - libdatrie1-bin - 0.2.13-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libdatrie1-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Programs for double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Nix - libdatrie: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libdatrie/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libdatrie-dev - 0.2.13-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libdatrie-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Ubuntu apt - libdatrie-doc - 0.2.13-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libdatrie-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation files for double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Ubuntu apt - libdatrie1 - 0.2.13-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libdatrie1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - Ubuntu apt - libdatrie1-bin - 0.2.13-3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libdatrie1-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Programs for double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai - apk - libdatrie - 0.2.14-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdatrie from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Double-array trie library | https://github.com/tlwg/libdatrie - apk - libdatrie-dev - 0.2.14-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdatrie-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Double-array trie library (development files) | https://github.com/tlwg/libdatrie - apk - libdatrie-doc - 0.2.14-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdatrie-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Double-array trie library (documentation) | https://github.com/tlwg/libdatrie - apk - libdatrie-libs - 0.2.14-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libdatrie-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Double-array trie library (libraries) | https://github.com/tlwg/libdatrie - dnf - libdatrie - 0.2.14-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdatrie from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Implementation of Double-Array structure for representing trie | http://linux.thai.net/projects/datrie - dnf - libdatrie-devel - 0.2.14-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libdatrie-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libdatrie | http://linux.thai.net/projects/datrie - pacman - libdatrie - 0.2.14-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libdatrie from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Double-array trie library | https://linux.thai.net/projects/datrie ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - 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