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Assuan IPC Library. Version 3.0.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libassuan-dev.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libassuan

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libassuan

MacPorts ports tree · devel/libassuan/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libassuan

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libassuan · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libassuan

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libassuan · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libassuan

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libassuan/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libassuan

Arch Linux sync databases · libassuan · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libassuan-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libassuan-dev · source: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libassuan-devel

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libassuan-devel · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Assuan IPC Library

Commands and aliases

  • libassuan-config

history

Project history and usage

Libassuan is the GnuPG project's IPC library for the Assuan protocol. It exists so GnuPG front ends and helper processes can talk through a small, auditable client/server protocol instead of sharing one address space with sensitive cryptographic state.

Project history

The Assuan manual says the protocol and library were developed for GNU Privacy Guard so user interfaces, mail clients, and other encryption front ends could communicate with smaller GnuPG server components without being able to corrupt or inspect server memory.

The GnuPG project page describes Libassuan as a small library implementing the Assuan protocol, with both client-side and server-side functions. Development is hosted in the GnuPG Git infrastructure.

Adoption history

Libassuan became part of the broader GnuPG component stack. GnuPG describes the protocol as used for IPC between most newer GnuPG components, and release announcements also describe it as used by GnuPG, GPGME, and related packages.

How it is used

Programs use Libassuan to build transaction-oriented IPC over pipes or Unix domain sockets. The protocol is mostly text based, supports client/server communication with a back channel, descriptor passing for bulk data, and optional confidentiality features for parts of a conversation.

Why package nerds care

Libassuan is one of those small GnuPG libraries that appear everywhere because key management, pinentry, GPGME, and package-signature tooling depend on the GnuPG stack. For package maintainers, it matters less as a user-facing tool than as a security plumbing layer with ABI and licensing implications.

Timeline

  • 2001: Assuan manual copyright history begins with the Free Software Foundation.
  • 2015: Libassuan 2.3.0 announcement describes it as a generic IPC library used by GnuPG and GPGME.
  • 2017: The published Assuan manual edition 2.5.3 is dated 2017-12-07.
  • 2020: The GnuPG Libassuan project page records a 2020-11-19 page change.

Related projects

  • GnuPG, GPGME, pinentry, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, libksba, and nPth are the closest package-stack relatives.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for libassuan. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
libassuan-configexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version3.0.2
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:libassuan
Version3.0.2
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/
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Debian apt95%

libassuan-dev 3.0.2-2

IPC library for the GnuPG components -- header files

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apt install libassuan-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libassuan-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libassuan-mingw-w64-dev 3.0.2-2

IPC library for the GnuPG components -- Windows port

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apt install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libassuan-mingw-w64-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libassuan9 3.0.2-2

IPC library for the GnuPG components

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apt install libassuan9
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libassuan9 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libassuan

nix profile install nixpkgs#libassuan
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libassuan/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libassuan-dev 2.5.6-1build1

IPC library for the GnuPG components -- header files

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apt install libassuan-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libassuan-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libassuan-mingw-w64-dev 2.5.6-1build1

IPC library for the GnuPG components -- Windows port

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apt install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libassuan-mingw-w64-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libassuan0 2.5.6-1build1

IPC library for the GnuPG components

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apt install libassuan0
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libassuan0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

libassuan 3.0.2-r0

IPC library used by some GnuPG related software

https://www.gnupg.org/software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apk add libassuan
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libassuan from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libassuan-dev 3.0.2-r0

IPC library used by some GnuPG related software (development files)

https://www.gnupg.org/software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apk add libassuan-dev
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libassuan-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libassuan-doc 3.0.2-r0

IPC library used by some GnuPG related software (documentation)

https://www.gnupg.org/software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apk add libassuan-doc
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libassuan-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libassuan-static 3.0.2-r0

IPC library used by some GnuPG related software (static library)

https://www.gnupg.org/software/libassuan/index.html

sudo apk add libassuan-static
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libassuan-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

libassuan 2.5.7-6.fc45

GnuPG IPC library

https://www.gnupg.org/

sudo dnf install libassuan
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libassuan from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libassuan-devel 2.5.7-6.fc45

GnuPG IPC library

https://www.gnupg.org/

sudo dnf install libassuan-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 5 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libassuan-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

libassuan 3.0.0-1

IPC library used by some GnuPG related software

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/

sudo pacman -S libassuan
  • License: FSFULLR AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: libassuan from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

libassuan-devel 3.0.2-1.6

IPC library used by GnuPG version 2

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.en.html

sudo zypper install libassuan-devel
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libassuan-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libassuan9 3.0.2-1.6

IPC library used by GnuPG version 2

https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libassuan/index.en.html

sudo zypper install libassuan9
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libassuan
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libassuan
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libassuan9 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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