# Installer dropbear avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de dropbear pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:dropbear ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dropbear ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dropbear ``` Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dropbear ``` Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: dropbear from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dropbear ``` Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dropbear from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dropbear ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/dropbear/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dropbear ``` Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: dropbear from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:dropbear - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2026.94 - **Résumé source:** Small SSH server/client for POSIX-based system - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-23T16:36:51Z - **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## exécutables - dbclient (alias) - dropbear (alias) - dropbearconvert (alias) - dropbearkey (alias) ## Comportement d'installation - Bouteille: non disponible ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-08-03 - version du gestionnaire: 2026.94 ## Historique du projet et usages Dropbear is a compact SSH server and client suite for POSIX systems, best known in package-manager culture as the SSH implementation people reach for when OpenSSH is too large or too operationally heavy. It provides `dropbear` for the server, `dbclient` for the client, and key/conversion utilities in a deliberately small package. ### Historique du projet Dropbear development started in October 2002, with the first public release, 0.28, appearing on April 6, 2003. The early changelog shows the project quickly adding practical SSH server features such as syslog support, X11 forwarding, agent forwarding, local TCP forwarding, OpenSSH key conversion, and Debian packaging support during 2003. The project has remained active for decades rather than becoming a frozen embedded artifact. Its current changelog includes 2026 releases with security fixes, scp hardening, algorithm-query support, forwarding improvements, and behavior changes made in response to modern SSH and libc realities. ### Historique d'adoption Dropbear was adopted heavily by embedded Linux distributions, rescue environments, routers, initramfs setups, and minimal systems because it can provide SSH access with a much smaller footprint than a full OpenSSH deployment. Its package availability across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, and Nix reflects that cross-platform utility. ### Modes d'utilisation Typical package usage includes running `dropbear` as a lightweight SSH daemon, using `dbclient` as a small SSH client, generating host keys with `dropbearkey`, and converting keys with `dropbearconvert`. The documented host-key paths and OpenSSH-compatible authorized_keys behavior make it especially useful where users need interoperable SSH without installing the full OpenSSH stack. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent Dropbear is package-nerd significant because it embodies the classic small-tools tradeoff: enough SSH compatibility for real deployments, intentionally less bulk than OpenSSH, and build-time options for constrained systems. It is also one of the few packages whose value is obvious both to embedded firmware builders and to people maintaining recovery shells on ordinary Unix systems. ### Chronologie - 2002: Development starts in October. - 2003: Dropbear 0.28 is released as the initial public release. - 2003: `dropbearconvert`, Debian packaging support, X11 forwarding, agent forwarding, and early TCP forwarding appear in subsequent 0.3x releases. - 2026: Releases 2026.90 and 2026.91 include security, scp, forwarding, and compatibility fixes. ### Related projects - OpenSSH is the main compatibility reference and the larger alternative implementation. - LibTomCrypt and LibTomMath were part of Dropbear's early cryptographic/math dependency story. - BusyBox-style and embedded Linux systems are common deployment neighbors because they share the same small-footprint design pressure. ### Sources - - - - ## Notes de sécurité Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour dropbear. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable. ## 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. ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, ~/.ssh/id_dropbear, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_ed25519_host_key ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Debian apt - dropbear - 2025.89-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dropbear from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight SSH2 server and client - startup scripts | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - Debian apt - dropbear-bin - 2025.89-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dropbear-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight SSH2 server and client - command line tools | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - Debian apt - dropbear-initramfs - 2025.89-1~deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dropbear-initramfs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - Nix - dropbear: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/dropbear/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dropbear - 2022.83-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dropbear from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight SSH2 server and client - startup scripts | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - Ubuntu apt - dropbear-bin - 2022.83-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dropbear-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight SSH2 server and client - command line tools | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - Ubuntu apt - dropbear-initramfs - 2022.83-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dropbear-initramfs from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lightweight SSH2 server and client - initramfs integration | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-convert - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-convert from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | dropbear dropbearconvert command | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-dbclient - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-dbclient from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | dropbear dbclient command | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-doc - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments (documentation) | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-nftrules - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-nftrules from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments (nftables ruleset) | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-openrc - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | small SSH 2 client/server designed for small memory environments (OpenRC init scripts) | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-scp - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-scp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | dropbear scp support | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - apk - dropbear-ssh - 2026.94-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dropbear-ssh from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | dropbear ssh command (compatibility symlink for dbclient) | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html - dnf - dropbear - 2026.94-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dropbear from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Lightweight SSH server and client | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dropbear.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dropbear.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph