# Install convmv with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
Filename encoding conversion tool. Version 2.06 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install convmv.
## Install
```sh
sudo av install brew:convmv
```
Additional install commands:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install convmv
```
Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install convmv
```
Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/convmv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install convmv
```
Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: convmv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install convmv
```
Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: convmv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#convmv
```
Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/convmv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S convmv
```
Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: convmv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install convmv
```
Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: convmv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## Package facts
- **Package key:** brew:convmv
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.06
- **Source summary:** Filename encoding conversion tool
- **Homepage:**
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## Executables
- convmv (alias)
## Install behavior
- Bottle: not available
## Freshness
- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.06
## Project history and usage
convmv is a Perl command-line utility for converting filenames from one character encoding to another without changing file contents.
### Project history
The official project directory exposes a long-running tarball history, with early 0.3 and 1.x archives visible in the index and newer 2.x releases continuing through 2.06 in 2025. The man page explains the tool around Unix filename encoding, normalization, and filesystem interoperability rather than application data conversion.
### Adoption history
convmv became a standard sysadmin package because it solves a narrow migration problem common to old Unix and network filesystems: moving filenames from legacy 8-bit encodings, Samba-era client code pages, or filesystem-specific Unicode forms into UTF-8-oriented environments.
### How it is used
Typical use specifies source and target encodings with `-f` and `-t`, optionally recurses with `-r`, and only performs real renames when `--notest` is supplied. The default dry-run behavior is part of why distributions can ship it as a safer filesystem repair tool.
### Why package nerds care
For package managers, convmv is a classic small Unix utility: no daemon, no credentials, no config file, portable Perl implementation, and usefulness that spans Linux, macOS, Samba, Netatalk, Dovecot, and mounted filesystems.
### Timeline
- 2006-11-23: Official archive index lists convmv 0.3 and 1.0-era tarballs.
- 2015-05-16: Official archive index lists convmv 2.0.
- 2018-03-26: Official archive index lists convmv 2.05.
- 2025-02-27: Official archive index lists convmv 2.06 and refreshed man-page directory.
### Related projects
- The man page discusses interoperability with filesystem and service ecosystems including HFS+, APFS, NFSv4, FAT/VFAT/NTFS, Samba, Netatalk, and Dovecot.
### Sources
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## Security Notes
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## Other Package-Manager Records
- Debian apt - convmv - 2.06+repack-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: convmv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | filename encoding conversion tool | https://www.j3e.de/linux/convmv/man/
- Nix - convmv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/convmv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - convmv - 2.05-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: convmv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | filename encoding conversion tool | https://www.j3e.de/linux/convmv/man/
- dnf - convmv - 2.06-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: convmv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Convert filename encodings | http://j3e.de/linux/convmv
- pacman - convmv - 2.06-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: convmv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tool for converting encodings on filesystems | https://j3e.de/linux/convmv/
- zypper - convmv - 2.06-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: convmv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Utility to convert file names between encodings | http://j3e.de/linux/convmv/
- MacPorts - convmv: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/convmv/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/convmv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/convmv.yml)
## Sources
- 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