# Install apr-util with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, apt, zypper Companion library to apr, the Apache Portable Runtime library. Version 1.6.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libaprutil1-dbd-mysql. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:apr-util ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install apr-util ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install apr-util ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/apr-util/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add apr-util ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: apr-util from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install apr-util ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: apr-util from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S apr-util ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: apr-util from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libaprutil1-dbd-mysql ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-mysql from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install apr-util-devel ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: apr-util-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:apr-util - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.6.3 - **Source summary:** Companion library to apr, the Apache Portable Runtime library - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:44-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - apu-1-config (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.6.3 ## Project history and usage APR-util is the companion utility library for the Apache Portable Runtime. It collects higher-level support code around APR, including database, XML, crypto, and other utility interfaces used by Apache-family C software. ### Project history APR-util grew inside the Apache Portable Runtime project as the layer above the core portability APIs. The APR homepage lists APR-util as a supported APR subproject and describes it simply as a companion library to APR. The 1.6 branch remains the documented stable API line for APR-util. Apache's current project page lists APR-util 1.6.3 as the recommended release and notes that recent maintenance focused on third-party dependency handling, including expat unbundling and builds against current libraries such as OpenSSL and MySQL. ### Adoption history APR-util's adoption follows APR and Apache HTTP Server culture: it is packaged wherever native Apache modules and APR-linked software are built. The supplied metadata records packages across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Alpine/apk, Arch/pacman, MacPorts, and openSUSE/zypper. Because it ships apu-1-config, APR-util is visible to build systems as a traditional Unix development package. Downstream packages use that config helper to discover compiler and linker flags instead of vendoring APR utility code. ### How it is used End users rarely invoke APR-util directly. Developers and package build scripts use its headers, libraries, and apu-1-config helper when compiling Apache modules or C programs that need APR's utility facilities. It is generally installed alongside APR itself. The packaging distinction matters because APR is the portability substrate, while APR-util carries optional utility integrations whose dependencies vary more by platform. ### Why package nerds care APR-util is package-manager glue for native Apache ecosystems. It is small, old, and easy to overlook, but it is the kind of ABI-bearing library that determines whether an Apache module build finds the same database, XML, crypto, and portability interfaces on macOS, Linux, and BSD. The split between apr and apr-util is historically important to packagers: it keeps core portability separate from utility dependencies, reducing unnecessary linkage for packages that only need APR. ### Timeline - 2000s: APR-util becomes one of the supported subprojects under the Apache Portable Runtime project. - 2017: APR-util 1.6 branch documented as the stable API line. - 2023: APR-util 1.6.3 released with dependency maintenance such as expat unbundling and updated library builds. ### Related projects - Apache Portable Runtime is the core runtime library that APR-util extends. - Apache HTTP Server is the original Apache ecosystem consumer that made APR and APR-util common native-development dependencies. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libaprutil1-dbd-mysql - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-mysql from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - MySQL Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Debian apt - libaprutil1-dbd-odbc - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-odbc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - ODBC Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Debian apt - libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - PostgreSQL Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Debian apt - libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - SQLite3 Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Debian apt - libaprutil1-dev - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - Development Headers | https://apr.apache.org/ - Debian apt - libaprutil1-ldap - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1-ldap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - LDAP Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Debian apt - libaprutil1t64 - 1.6.3-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libaprutil1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1-dbd-mysql - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-mysql from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - MySQL Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1-dbd-odbc - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-odbc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - ODBC Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-pgsql from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - PostgreSQL Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - SQLite3 Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1-dev - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - Development Headers | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1-ldap - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1-ldap from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - LDAP Driver | https://apr.apache.org/ - Ubuntu apt - libaprutil1t64 - 1.6.3-1.1ubuntu7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libaprutil1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library | https://apr.apache.org/ - apk - apr-util - 1.6.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: apr-util from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library | https://apr.apache.org/ - apk - apr-util-dbd_mysql - 1.6.3-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: apr-util-dbd_mysql from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - MySQL driver | https://apr.apache.org/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/apr-util.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/apr-util.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