Installation

There are several ways to install inno, depending on your platform and preferences.

From crates.io

If you have the Rust toolchain installed, the simplest method is:

cargo install innodb-utils

This compiles and installs the inno binary into ~/.cargo/bin/.

Homebrew (macOS and Linux)

brew install ringo380/tap/inno

The Homebrew formula is updated automatically with each release.

Pre-built Binaries

Pre-built binaries are available from GitHub Releases for the following targets:

Download the appropriate archive, extract it, and place the inno binary somewhere on your PATH.

From Source

git clone https://github.com/ringo380/idb-utils.git
cd idb-utils
cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be at target/release/inno. Copy it to a directory on your PATH:

cp target/release/inno /usr/local/bin/

With MySQL Support

The inno info subcommand can optionally query a live MySQL instance to compare runtime state against tablespace files. This requires the mysql feature flag:

cargo build --release --features mysql

This pulls in mysql_async and tokio as additional dependencies. Without this feature, all other subcommands work normally -- only inno info MySQL query mode is gated.

Requirements

• Source builds: Rust 1.70 or later.
• Pre-built binaries: No dependencies required.
• Homebrew: Homebrew handles all dependencies automatically.

Verify Installation

After installing, confirm that inno is available:

inno --version

To see the full list of subcommands and options:

inno --help