# Install kdoctools with Homebrew, apk, pacman, zypper, apt Create documentation from DocBook. Version 6.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install kdoctools5. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kdoctools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kdoctools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add kdoctools ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kdoctools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S kdoctools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: kdoctools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install kdoctools ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kdoctools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install kdoctools5 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: kdoctools5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kdoctools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 6.28.0 - **Source summary:** Create documentation from DocBook - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-10T19:29:48Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - checkXML6 (alias) - meinproc6 (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 6.28.0 ## Project history and usage KDocTools is the KDE Frameworks documentation-generation component for building KDE documentation from DocBook sources. Its package-nerd identity is less about an end-user command and more about the small but essential build-time tools, including meinproc6 and checkXML6, that let KDE applications ship localized help and manuals in a consistent format. ### Project history The KDocTools README describes the project as tools for generating documentation in various formats from DocBook files and credits Eric Bischoff, Claudiu Costin, Frederik Fouvry, David Rugge, and other contributors for the original documentation toolchain pieces. KDE's API documentation identifies the maintained framework as a KDE Community project, with support across Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and macOS. KDocTools became one of the separately shipped KDE Frameworks modules when KDE Frameworks 5.0 was announced on 2014-07-07. That move put the old KDE platform library stack into smaller Qt-oriented framework packages, and the 5.0 source list explicitly included kdoctools-5.0.0. KDocTools later continued into the Qt 6 generation as KF6DocTools, with KDE's 2024-02-28 MegaRelease shipping Frameworks 6 alongside Plasma 6 and Gear 24.02. ### Adoption history KDocTools is adopted indirectly by KDE packagers and application maintainers: it appears as a framework package in Homebrew and major Unix-like distributions because KDE projects use DocBook help files and translated documentation as part of their build and release process. Its value is most visible in packaging, localization, and reproducible documentation builds rather than in direct interactive use. ### How it is used Typical use is during builds or documentation checks, where KDE projects invoke KDocTools components to validate XML and transform DocBook documentation. Users usually encounter it as a build dependency for KDE software, while documentation maintainers encounter the command-line tools directly. ### Why package nerds care KDocTools is a classic dependency iceberg package: small, quiet, and easy to overlook, but important to making KDE source releases build complete help systems. It also preserves KDE's long-running DocBook documentation culture inside the modular KDE Frameworks packaging model. ### Timeline - 1996-2025: KDE API documentation credits the KDE documentation corpus across this date range. - 2014-07-07: KDE Frameworks 5.0 shipped with a standalone kdoctools-5.0.0 source package. - 2020-05-16: The KDE Invent project page records the current KDocTools GitLab project creation date after KDE infrastructure migration. - 2024-02-28: KDE MegaRelease 6 shipped Frameworks 6, and KDocTools continued as KF6DocTools. ### Related projects - KDocTools sits with KDE Frameworks, KDE's DocBook documentation workflow, KApiDox, and other KDE build-time infrastructure. It is related to DocBook itself as the source markup format and to KDE localization because translated manuals depend on this toolchain. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kdoctools. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - kdoctools5 - 5.116.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: kdoctools5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools - Debian apt - libkf5doctools-dev - 5.116.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libkf5doctools-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for kdoctools5 | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools - Debian apt - libkf5doctools5 - 5.116.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libkf5doctools5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools - Ubuntu apt - kdoctools5 - 5.115.0-0ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kdoctools5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools - Ubuntu apt - libkf5doctools-dev - 5.115.0-0ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libkf5doctools-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Development files for kdoctools5 | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools - Ubuntu apt - libkf5doctools5 - 5.115.0-0ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libkf5doctools5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools - apk - kdoctools - 6.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kdoctools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation generation from docbook | https://community.kde.org/Frameworks - apk - kdoctools-dev - 6.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kdoctools-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation generation from docbook (development files) | https://community.kde.org/Frameworks - apk - kdoctools-doc - 6.28.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kdoctools-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation generation from docbook (documentation) | https://community.kde.org/Frameworks - pacman - kdoctools - 6.28.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: kdoctools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Documentation generation from docbook | https://develop.kde.org/products/frameworks/ - zypper - kdoctools - 5.116.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kdoctools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Tools to create documentation from DocBook | https://www.kde.org - zypper - kdoctools-devel - 5.116.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kdoctools-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Build environment for kdoctools | https://www.kde.org - zypper - kdoctools-lang - 5.116.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kdoctools-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package kdoctools | https://www.kde.org - zypper - libKF5DocTools5 - 5.116.0-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libKF5DocTools5 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library to create documentation from DocBook | https://www.kde.org ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kdoctools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kdoctools.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