How To Install lbdb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbdb in Fedora 36. lbdb is Address Database for mutt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbdb on Fedora 36.

What is lbdb

The Little Brother’s Database (lbdb) consists of a set of small tools that collect mail addresses from several sources and offer these addresses to the external query feature of the Mutt mail reader.

We can use yum or dnf to install lbdb on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lbdb.

Install lbdb on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lbdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lbdb

Install lbdb on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lbdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lbdb

How To Uninstall lbdb on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lbdb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lbdb

lbdb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/lbdb.rc
/etc/lbdb_ldap.rc
/usr/bin/lbdb-fetchaddr
/usr/bin/lbdb_dotlock
/usr/bin/lbdbq
/usr/bin/nodelist2lbdb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/96b3e8fd01a7808b6df11b044b14158f31440e
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/2d0d57ab1dbda6bf7781758d210dce6466e235
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/9d51a2598f0e1c3f11a82a2ba784fb1f860a39
/usr/libexec/lbdb
/usr/libexec/lbdb/fetchaddr
/usr/libexec/lbdb/lbdb-munge
/usr/libexec/lbdb/lbdb_bbdb_query.el
/usr/libexec/lbdb/lbdb_lib
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_abook
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_bbdb
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_evolution
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_fido
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_finger
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_getent
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_gnomecard
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_gpg
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_inmail
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_ldap
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_muttalias
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_palm
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_passwd
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_pine
/usr/libexec/lbdb/m_wanderlust
/usr/libexec/lbdb/munge
/usr/libexec/lbdb/munge-keeporder
/usr/libexec/lbdb/mutt_ldap_query
/usr/libexec/lbdb/palm_lsaddr
/usr/libexec/lbdb/qpto8bit
/usr/share/doc/lbdb
/usr/share/doc/lbdb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/lbdb/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/lbdb/README
/usr/share/doc/lbdb/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/lbdb-fetchaddr.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lbdb_dotlock.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lbdbq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mutt_ldap_query.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nodelist2lbdb.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbdb on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).