# Install abi-dumper with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper

Dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info. Version 1.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-05. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install abi-dumper.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:abi-dumper
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install abi-dumper
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add abi-dumper
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install abi-dumper
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install abi-dumper
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: abi-dumper 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#abi-dumper
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ab/abi-dumper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S abi-dumper
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install abi-dumper
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: abi-dumper from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:abi-dumper
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Source summary:** Dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-05T23:09:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- abi-dumper (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.4
## Project history and usage

ABI Dumper is a developer tool that extracts ABI information from ELF objects with DWARF debug data. Its output is intended for ABI Compliance Checker, allowing maintainers to compare C/C++ library or kernel-module ABI changes across builds.

### Project history

The official README identifies Andrey Ponomarenko as the developer and describes ABI Dumper as part of the ABI tracking workflow around ABI Compliance Checker. The GitHub repository was created in 2013 and its tag history runs from 0.95 through 1.4.

### Adoption history

ABI Dumper has been packaged broadly in Linux and Unix-like package managers. The input package-manager facts list Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE, reflecting its use by distribution maintainers and library developers who care about ABI stability.

### How it is used

Users compile objects with debug information, run abi-dumper on a shared library or kernel module to produce an ABI dump, and then compare old and new dumps with abi-compliance-checker. The README documents dependencies on Perl, elfutils, GNU binutils, universal ctags, vtable-dumper, ABI Compliance Checker, and GCC C++.

### Why package nerds care

ABI Dumper is package-nerd significant because ABI breakage is a central maintenance problem for binary distributions. It gives packagers and upstream library maintainers a reproducible artifact for compatibility checks rather than relying only on source-level API review.

### Timeline

- 2013: GitHub repository created.
- 2013: Earliest current GitHub tag is 0.95.
- 2010s: The tool becomes part of the ABI Compliance Checker ecosystem.
- 2025: GitHub repository metadata shows continued activity.
- Current: Latest listed GitHub tag is 1.4.

### Related projects

- Related projects include ABI Compliance Checker, vtable-dumper, universal-ctags, elfutils, GNU binutils, and C/C++ shared-library packaging workflows.

### Sources

- Official README, GitHub repository metadata, GitHub tag metadata, and source_facts.package-manager.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - abi-dumper - 1.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: abi-dumper from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tool to dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info | https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper
- Nix - abi-dumper: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ab/abi-dumper/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - abi-dumper - 1.2-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: abi-dumper from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tool to dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info | https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper
- apk - abi-dumper - 1.4-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: abi-dumper from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info | https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper
- dnf - abi-dumper - 1.4-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: abi-dumper from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tool to dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info | http://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper/
- pacman - abi-dumper - 1.4-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: abi-dumper from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info | https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper
- zypper - abi-dumper - 1.4-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: abi-dumper from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tool to dump ABI of an ELF object containing DWARF debug info | https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/abi-dumper.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/abi-dumper.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph