Package: libgdbm1 (1.7.3-25)

GNU dbm database routines (runtime version). [libc5 compat]

Only install this package if you have libc5 programs that still need it. GNU dbm ('gdbm') is a library of database functions that use extendible hashing and works similarly to the standard UNIX 'dbm' functions.

The basic use of 'gdbm' is to store key/data pairs in a data file, thus providing a persistent version of the 'dictionary' Abstract Data Type ('hash' to perl programmers).