install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install docbook

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install docbook

Debian stable package indexes · docbook · source: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install docbook_4

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · docbook_4 · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Standard XML representation system for technical documents

Project links

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for docbook. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
No executable data was present.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version5.2.1

manager updated2026-07-30

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://docbook.org/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docbook.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:docbook
Version	5.2.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docbook
Homepage	https://docbook.org/
Upstream docs	https://docbook.org/
License	LicenseRef-Homebrew-cannot-represent
Source archive	https://codeberg.org/DocBook/docbook/releases/download/5.2.1/docbook-5.2.1.zip
Last updated	2026-07-30T11:42:39Z
Pulse	updated
Uses from macOS	libxml2
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sequoia, sonoma, tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared
Caveats	To use the DocBook package in your XML toolchain, you need to add the following to your ~/.bashrc: export XML_CATALOG_FILES="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/xml/catalog"

registry facts

Source database details

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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

docbook 4.5-11

standard SGML representation system for technical documents

https://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/sgml/

sudo apt install docbook

Section: text
Architecture: all
2 dependencies
4 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Docbook

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

Ubuntu apt95%

docbook 4.5-10

standard SGML representation system for technical documents

https://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/sgml/

sudo apt install docbook

Section: universe/text
Architecture: all
2 dependencies
4 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Docbook

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: docbook from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

zypper95%

docbook_4 4.5-145.2

DocBook DTD Version 4.x

http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/

sudo zypper install docbook_4

License: BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
Category: Productivity/Publishing/DocBook
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: docbook_4
7 dependencies
5 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Docbook

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: docbook_4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

package graph

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source trail

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

cross-ecosystem install command graph
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database

Install docbook with Homebrew, apt, zypper