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Port details on branch 2026Q2
sqlcipher Encrypted SQLite database
4.16.0 databases on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 4.16.0Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: jharris@widomaker.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-06-09 05:33:05
Last Update: 2026-06-09 05:29:47
Commit Hash: 8993154
License: BSD3CLAUSE
WWW:
https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/
Description:
Allows the creation of encrypted SQLite databases
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/sqlcipher-4.16.0/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/sqlcipher-4.16.0/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/sqlcipher-4.16.0/BSD3CLAUSE
  5. bin/sqlcipher
  6. include/sqlcipher/sqlite3.h
  7. include/sqlcipher/sqlite3ext.h
  8. lib/libsqlcipher.a
  9. lib/libsqlcipher.so
  10. lib/libsqlcipher.so.0
  11. lib/libsqlcipher.so.3.53.1
  12. libdata/pkgconfig/sqlcipher.pc
  13. share/man/man1/sqlcipher.1.gz
  14. @owner
  15. @group
  16. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • sqlcipher>0:databases/sqlcipher
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/databases/sqlcipher/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install databases/sqlcipher
  • pkg install sqlcipher
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: sqlcipher
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1778653941 SHA256 (sqlcipher-sqlcipher-v4.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d687bf981199ac019c6c87b11f92a5900aec777855e7ba5b30e5e1192933ce8a SIZE (sqlcipher-sqlcipher-v4.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 19314061

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. tclsh8.6 : lang/tcl86
Library dependencies:
  1. libedit.so.0 : devel/libedit
This port is required by:
for Libraries
  1. net-im/qTox

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
databases_sqlcipher
USES:
cpe libedit libtool localbase:ldflags ssl tcl:86,build
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/tar.gz/v4.16.0?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
4.16.0
09 Jun 2026 05:29:47
commit hash: 89931546bb8af2e46bf2b8aad4fbb7d0a8d3e473commit hash: 89931546bb8af2e46bf2b8aad4fbb7d0a8d3e473commit hash: 89931546bb8af2e46bf2b8aad4fbb7d0a8d3e473commit hash: 89931546bb8af2e46bf2b8aad4fbb7d0a8d3e473 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Herbert J. Skuhra
databases/sqlcipher: Update 4.13.0 => 4.16.0

Changelogs:
https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/releases/tag/v4.14.0
https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/releases/tag/v4.15.0
https://github.com/sqlcipher/sqlcipher/releases/tag/v4.16.0

PR:		295256
Approved by:	jharris@widomaker.com (maintainer, timeout 4 weeks)
Sponsored by:	UNIS Labs
MFH:		2026Q2

(cherry picked from commit e9f0e29a2bf7be859a3d0ad0d174d976889a524b)

Number of commits found: 1