# convertlit mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für convertlit in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:convertlit
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install convertlit
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install convertlit
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/convertlit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#convertlit
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S convertlit
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: convertlit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:convertlit
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.8
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Convert Microsoft Reader format eBooks into open format
- **Homepage:** <http://www.convertlit.com/>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-23T15:04:36-04:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- clit (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.8
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Convert LIT is an older ebook conversion utility for Microsoft Reader `.lit` files, intended to convert that format into an open format for readers and devices that cannot directly use Microsoft Reader.

### Projektgeschichte

The official site distributed Convert LIT as a Windows binary and as GPL source code for the `clit` command and its associated library. Version 1.8 was announced on 2004-07-04, with the site also retaining older 1.5 downloads and a 1.4 link for historical Windows 98 compatibility.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Although upstream is a static HTTP-era project site, package managers kept Convert LIT useful for Unix users who needed the source build. The input package facts list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch packaging; Homebrew now marks the formula deprecated because the upstream is not available via HTTPS.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The FAQ documents command-prompt use of `clit` and explains that the output path is Open eBook/OEBPS rather than a dedicated modern ebook format. The official download page also warns that legal treatment depends on local copy-control laws and frames use as fair-use conversion of already purchased ebooks.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Convert LIT is package-manager archaeology: a small GPL command-line converter for an obsolete Microsoft ebook format, still carried by Unix package collections because source builds made the tool portable beyond its original Windows audience.

### Zeitleiste

- 2004-07-04: Convert LIT 1.8 released.
- 2004-09-25: Official site noted a third-party GUI and a Mac OS X 10.3.5 binary.
- 2026-01-05: Homebrew marked the formula deprecated for HTTP-only upstream, with disable date 2027-01-05.

### Related projects

- Convert LIT is tied to Microsoft Reader `.lit` files and Open eBook/OEBPS output rather than to a maintained source-control repository.

### Quellen

- <http://www.convertlit.com/>
- <http://www.convertlit.com/download.php>
- <http://www.convertlit.com/faq.php>
- <http://www.convertlit.com/legal.php>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/convertlit>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - convertlit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/convertlit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - convertlit - 1.8-13: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: convertlit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | An extractor/converter for .LIT eBooks | http://www.convertlit.com/
- MacPorts - convertlit: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/convertlit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph