# Install osinfo-db-tools

Tools for managing the libosinfo database files. Version 1.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:osinfo-db-tools
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install osinfo-db-tools
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install osinfo-db-tools
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/osinfo-db-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add osinfo-db-tools
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: osinfo-db-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install osinfo-db-tools
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mingw32-osinfo-db-tools
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mingw32-osinfo-db-tools 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#osinfo-db-tools
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S osinfo-db-tools
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: osinfo-db-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install osinfo-db-tools
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:osinfo-db-tools
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/osinfo-db-tools>
- **Version:** 1.12.0
- **Source summary:** Tools for managing the libosinfo database files
- **Homepage:** <https://libosinfo.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/osinfo-db-tools>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/osinfo-db-tools/-/blob/master/README>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://releases.pagure.org/libosinfo/osinfo-db-tools-1.12.0.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-20T08:48:41-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- osinfo-db-export (cli)
- osinfo-db-import (cli)
- osinfo-db-path (cli)
- osinfo-db-validate (cli)
- osinfo-db-export (alias)
- osinfo-db-import (alias)
- osinfo-db-path (alias)
- osinfo-db-validate (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- glib
- json-glib
- libarchive
- libsoup

## Build Dependencies

- gettext
- meson
- ninja
- pkgconf

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libxml2

## 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: 1.12.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-20
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://libosinfo.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 安全说明

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:** osinfo-db-tools
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **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 - osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: osinfo-db-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | libosinfo database tools | https://libosinfo.org/
- Nix - osinfo-db-tools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/os/osinfo-db-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - osinfo-db-tools - 1.11.0-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: osinfo-db-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | libosinfo database tools | https://libosinfo.org/
- apk - osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: osinfo-db-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tools for managing the osinfo database | https://libosinfo.org/
- apk - osinfo-db-tools-doc - 1.12.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: osinfo-db-tools-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tools for managing the osinfo database (documentation) | https://libosinfo.org/
- apk - osinfo-db-tools-lang - 1.12.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: osinfo-db-tools-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package osinfo-db-tools | https://libosinfo.org/
- dnf - mingw32-osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mingw32-osinfo-db-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Tools for managing the osinfo database | https://libosinfo.org
- dnf - mingw64-osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mingw64-osinfo-db-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Tools for managing the osinfo database | https://libosinfo.org
- dnf - osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: osinfo-db-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Tools for managing the osinfo database | https://libosinfo.org
- pacman - osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: osinfo-db-tools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tools for managing the osinfo database | https://libosinfo.org/
- zypper - osinfo-db-tools - 1.12.0-2.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: osinfo-db-tools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Tools for managing the osinfo database | https://releases.pagure.org/libosinfo/
- MacPorts - osinfo-db-tools: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/osinfo-db-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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