# libiconv mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für libiconv in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:libiconv ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libiconv ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libiconv ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/libiconv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#libiconv ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: libiconv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libiconv ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: libiconv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/iconv ``` Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/iconv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:libiconv - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 1.19 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Conversion library - **Homepage:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later - **Quellarchiv:** - **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - iconv (cli) - iconv (Alias) ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - autoconf - automake ## Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken - gperf ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-04 - Manager-Version: 1.19 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ - Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - Info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung GNU libiconv is the GNU character-set conversion library for systems that lack a usable iconv implementation or lack Unicode-capable conversions. ### Projektgeschichte The GNU project page frames libiconv around the internet-era problem of moving text among Unicode and older language- or country-dependent encodings. It provides both the iconv() library interface and an iconv command-line program. GNU libiconv's long-term role has been portability rather than novelty: it supplies consistent conversion support on platforms where libc iconv is absent, incomplete, or not compatible with the encodings an application needs. ### Adoptionsgeschichte The package became common in Unix packaging because many projects use Autoconf tests for iconv and need a fallback on macOS, BSD, Windows ports, or older commercial Unix systems. The GNU documentation explicitly calls out GNU gettext integration and the circular first-install relationship between gettext and libiconv on some systems, which is why packagers often care about bootstrap order. ### Wie es verwendet wird Developers link against libiconv through iconv_open, iconv, and iconv_close, while users can call the iconv program to convert files or streams between encodings. Build systems commonly surface it through LIBICONV or LTLIBICONV substitutions. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren libiconv is one of the classic portability packages: invisible when libc has enough charset support, essential when it does not. It also exposes subtle packaging choices around libc replacement, gettext, locale charsets, and whether a dependency should use the system iconv or GNU's implementation. For package maintainers, it is a reminder that text encoding is infrastructure. A tiny mismatch in iconv availability can decide whether internationalized software builds or produces correct output. ### Zeitleiste - 1998: GNU libiconv documentation carries Free Software Foundation copyright from this period. - 2024: GNU libiconv 1.18 release notes described POSIX:2024 API compatibility work. - 2026: The GNU project page documented libiconv 1.19 source and manuals. ### Related projects - GNU gettext is closely related because gettext can use libiconv for message conversion and shares build-system history around iconv.m4. - glibc iconv is the main system implementation that may make GNU libiconv unnecessary on GNU/Linux systems. - POSIX iconv is the standard API surface that libiconv implements for portable software. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** libiconv - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Requirements:** macos - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - libiconv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: libiconv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman - libiconv - 1.19-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libiconv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | GNU charset conversion library | http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ - MacPorts - libiconv: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/libiconv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Nix - iconv: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: iconv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Scoop - main/iconv: installed executable or alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/iconv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Verwandte Links - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/de/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/de/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [autoconf](https://pkg.so/de/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://pkg.so/de/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [neomutt](https://pkg.so/de/brew/neomutt/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [harfbuzz](https://pkg.so/de/brew/harfbuzz/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, library, unicode. - [gettext](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gettext/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu, library. - [figlet](https://pkg.so/de/brew/figlet/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text. - [libunicode](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libunicode/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, library, unicode. - [bsdconv](https://pkg.so/de/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: character-encoding, cli, developer-tools, library. - [glib](https://pkg.so/de/brew/glib/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, library. - [pango](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pango/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, library. - [m4](https://pkg.so/de/brew/m4/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, gnu. - [binutils](https://pkg.so/de/brew/binutils/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, gnu, text. - [diffutils](https://pkg.so/de/brew/diffutils/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, gnu, text. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libiconv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/libiconv.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph