# Install pdftoipe with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Reads arbitrary PDF files and generates an XML file readable by Ipe. Version 7.2.29.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-03. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pdftoipe.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pdftoipe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pdftoipe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pdftoipe
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pdftoipe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pdftoipe
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdftoipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pdftoipe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pdftoipe>
- **Version:** 7.2.29.2
- **Source summary:** Reads arbitrary PDF files and generates an XML file readable by Ipe
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools/archive/refs/tags/v7.2.29.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T05:15:38Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pdftoipe (cli)
- pdftoipe (alias)

## Dependencies

- poppler

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 7.2.29.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-08-03
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pdftoipe
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 5
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pdftoipe - 1:7.2.29.1-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pdftoipe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | converts arbitrary PDF file to XML file readable by Ipe | https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools
- Nix - pdftoipe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdftoipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pdftoipe - 1:7.2.24.1-3.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pdftoipe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | converts arbitrary PDF file to XML file readable by Ipe | https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [poppler](https://pkg.so/brew/poppler/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [latexml](https://pkg.so/brew/latexml/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, document-conversion, document-processing, xml.
- [pymupdf](https://pkg.so/brew/pymupdf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, document-processing, pdf.
- [pdftk-java](https://pkg.so/brew/pdftk-java/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, document-processing, pdf.
- [pdfsandwich](https://pkg.so/brew/pdfsandwich/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, document-processing, pdf.
- [pdftilecut](https://pkg.so/brew/pdftilecut/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, document-processing, pdf.
- [xmlto](https://pkg.so/brew/xmlto/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, document-conversion, xml.
- [expat](https://pkg.so/brew/expat/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml.
- [yq](https://pkg.so/brew/yq/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml.
- [csvprintf](https://pkg.so/brew/csvprintf/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, files, xml.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pdftoipe.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pdftoipe.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph