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Install exiftran with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Transform digital camera jpegs and their EXIF data. Version 2.14 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install exiftran.

Install command Security notes

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install exiftran

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install exiftran

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/exiftran/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install exiftran

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

overview

Package summary

Transform digital camera jpegs and their EXIF data

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

exiftran

history

Project history and usage

exiftran is the command-line EXIF-aware JPEG transformation tool in Gerd Hoffmann's fbida project. It performs lossless rotations and flips like jpegtran while also updating EXIF orientation, image dimensions, and the embedded EXIF thumbnail.

Project history

The exiftran manual identifies the tool as EXIFTRAN 2.09 with copyright dates 2002-2012. The fbida repository groups several photo-oriented image tools together because they share code, with fbi and ida giving the project its name and exiftran provided as the JPEG transformation utility.

Adoption history

The supplied package metadata lists exiftran packages in Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu, which reflects its role as a small Unix-style utility packaged across desktop and server-oriented systems.

How it is used

The manual documents batch operation on one or more JPEG files, automatic rotation from the EXIF orientation tag, in-place editing with optional backups, timestamp preservation, JPEG comment editing, EXIF dumping, and thumbnail regeneration.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about exiftran because it is a narrow, scriptable image utility with behavior that jpegtran does not cover: it preserves and updates camera metadata and thumbnails during lossless JPEG transforms.

Timeline

2002-2012: exiftran manual copyright range.
2012: fbida tag 2.09 includes the exiftran 2.09 manual.
2020: fbida project appears on GitLab under kraxel/fbida.
2026: GitLab tags show fbida-2.15-1 activity.

Related projects

fbida bundles fbi, fbpdf, ida, exiftran, and thumbnail.cgi.
The exiftran manual compares its lossless JPEG transforms with jpegtran and notes that exiftran also handles EXIF data.

Sources

https://gitlab.com/kraxel/fbida/-/blob/master/README.md
https://gitlab.com/kraxel/fbida/-/blob/master/man/exiftran.1
https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`exiftran`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03

manager version2.14

manager updated2026-06-19

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:exiftran
Version	2.14
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/
Last updated	2026-06-19T12:30:06-07:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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%

exiftran 2.14-1

digital camera JPEG image transformer

https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/

sudo apt install exiftran

Section: graphics
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fbi
4 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Exiftran

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

Ubuntu apt95%

exiftran 2.10-4ubuntu4

digital camera JPEG image transformer

https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/

sudo apt install exiftran

Section: universe/graphics
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fbi
3 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Exiftran

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

MacPorts95%

exiftran

sudo port install exiftran

normalized package name match
Matched by: Exiftran

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: graphics/exiftran/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

source trail

Generated from repository data

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

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/exiftran.yml

Used sources

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