# Install zebra with Homebrew, MacPorts, zypper Information management system. Version 2.2.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install frr. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:zebra ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zebra ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install zebra ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: databases/zebra/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install frr ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: frr from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:zebra - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.2.11 - **Source summary:** Information management system - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T16:55:08Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - idzebra-abs2dom (cli) - idzebra-config-2.0 (cli) - zebraidx (cli) - zebraidx-2.0 (cli) - zebrasrv (cli) - zebrasrv-2.0 (cli) - idzebra-abs2dom (alias) - idzebra-config-2.0 (alias) - zebraidx (alias) - zebraidx-2.0 (alias) - zebrasrv (alias) - zebrasrv-2.0 (alias) ## Dependencies - icu4c@78 - yaz ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 - expat - libxcrypt - libxml2 - libxslt ## 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: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 2.2.11 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/zebra/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Index Data Zebra, often packaged through the idzebra source tree, is a structured text indexing and retrieval engine for records such as MARC, XML, SGML, email archives, and other library-style data. It is unrelated to the older GNU Zebra routing daemon despite the name collision. ### Project history Zebra belongs to the Z39.50 and library-search world rather than the IP-routing world. Index Data's documentation describes it as a networked component that combines boolean search, relevance-ranked free-text queries, record presentation, update/delete operations, and standards-oriented retrieval protocols including Z39.50 and SRU/SRW-style web services. The current GitHub repository identifies the software as 'Zebra server' with Index Data copyright years beginning in 1994, and the project NEWS records the source-control move to GitHub in 2016. That long lineage explains why the package exposes utilities such as zebraidx and zebrasrv instead of modern web-app style commands. ### Adoption history Zebra's adoption came from libraries, catalog systems, and information-retrieval applications that needed a robust backend for structured records. Index Data highlights use with large databases, safe incremental updates on live systems, and interoperability with Index Data's YAZ/PHP-YAZ tools plus commercial and freeware Z39.50 clients. The documentation's application references include Koha, Kete, ReIndex.Net, article databases, union-list services, and web indexes. That puts Zebra in the infrastructure layer under catalogs and digital-library systems rather than in the end-user search-box layer. ### How it is used Typical usage is to configure a Zebra database, index records with zebraidx, and serve them with zebrasrv for Z39.50/SRU clients. Developers and administrators use it when they need protocol-compatible search over MARC/XML-like records, relevance ranking, exact boolean expressions, and incremental updates without building a search server from scratch. ### Why package nerds care Zebra is significant because it is the kind of domain-specific infrastructure package that package catalogs easily misclassify by name. The executables and upstream docs reveal a library/information-retrieval engine, not a network router, making it a good example of why package identity has to follow source facts over display-name assumptions. For package nerds, it also preserves an older standards stack: Z39.50, SRU/SRW, MARC records, YAZ tooling, and live catalog indexing in a compact set of command-line and server binaries. ### Timeline - 1994: Current repository copyright range begins for Index Data's Zebra server. - 2000s: Zebra 2.x documentation describes the system as a Z39.50/SRU-capable structured text indexing engine. - 2016-01: Project NEWS records the move of Zebra source control to GitHub. ### Related projects - YAZ: Index Data toolkit commonly used with Zebra for Z39.50/SRU work. - PHP/YAZ: PHP bindings/tooling mentioned by Index Data for accessing Zebra-backed data. - Koha: open-source integrated library system referenced in Zebra's application documentation. - VuFind and other library discovery systems: adjacent search/catalog interfaces in the library software ecosystem. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for zebra. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: zebra.cfg ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zebra - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - zypper - frr - 10.6.1-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: frr from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | The FRRouting Protocol Suite | https://www.frrouting.org - MacPorts - zebra: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: databases/zebra/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://pkg.so/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [yaz](https://pkg.so/brew/yaz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sonic](https://pkg.so/brew/sonic/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing, search. - [solr](https://pkg.so/brew/solr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing, search. - [solr@8.11](https://pkg.so/brew/solr-8-11/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing, search. - [groonga](https://pkg.so/brew/groonga/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing. - [meilisearch](https://pkg.so/brew/meilisearch/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [xapian](https://pkg.so/brew/xapian/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, indexing. - [jless](https://pkg.so/brew/jless/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [vespa-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/vespa-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [manticoresearch](https://pkg.so/brew/manticoresearch/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, icu4c, icu4c-78, indexing. - [mysql](https://pkg.so/brew/mysql/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, config, data, icu4c, icu4c-78. - [mysql@8.0](https://pkg.so/brew/mysql-8-0/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, icu4c, icu4c-78, management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zebra.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/zebra.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph