# Install libabw with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper Library for parsing AbiWord documents. Version 0.1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libabw-0.1-1. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libabw ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libabw ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libabw ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/libabw/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libabw ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libabw from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libabw ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libabw 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#libabw ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libabw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libabw ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libabw from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libabw-0.1-1 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libabw-0.1-1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libabw-0_1-1 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libabw-0_1-1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libabw - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.1.4 - **Source summary:** Library for parsing AbiWord documents - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - abw2html (alias) - abw2raw (alias) - abw2text (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.1.4 ## Project history and usage libabw is a Document Liberation Project library for parsing AbiWord documents. Its job is narrow but useful: keep .abw files readable by conversion tools and office suites even when AbiWord itself is not installed. ### Project history The Document Foundation's Document Liberation Project was created to recover user data from legacy and proprietary document formats by building reusable import libraries. libabw covers AbiWord documents in that family, with sources hosted under LibreOffice infrastructure. ### Adoption history LibreOffice added an AbiWord import filter around the external libabw library in 2013, tying the small parser library to a major office-suite import path. The Document Foundation continued to list libabw among the Document Liberation libraries in later project updates. ### How it is used Users encounter libabw through LibreOffice imports or command-line converters such as abw2html, abw2raw, and abw2text. The package is mostly a plumbing dependency for document migration and test conversion. ### Why package nerds care libabw is package-nerd catnip because it is a tiny library whose whole point is rescuing old office documents. It represents the long tail of format support that keeps distributions useful for archival and migration work. ### Timeline - 2013: LibreOffice added an AbiWord import filter backed by external libabw build files. - 2018-01-22: The Document Foundation listed libabw among Document Liberation Project libraries for document import. - 2019-08-21: The Document Foundation announced libabw 0.1.3 with OSS-Fuzz-driven hardening fixes. ### Related projects - Related projects include AbiWord, LibreOffice Writer, the Document Liberation Project, libwpd, libwps, libmspub, libvisio, and other file-format import libraries. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libabw-0.1-1 - 0.1.3-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libabw-0.1-1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for reading and writing AbiWord(tm) documents | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - Debian apt - libabw-dev - 0.1.3-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libabw-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for reading and writing AbiWord(tm) documents -- development | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - Nix - libabw: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libabw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libabw-0.1-1 - 0.1.3-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libabw-0.1-1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for reading and writing AbiWord(tm) documents | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - Ubuntu apt - libabw-dev - 0.1.3-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libabw-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for reading and writing AbiWord(tm) documents -- development | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - apk - libabw - 0.1.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libabw from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for AbiWord documents | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - apk - libabw-dev - 0.1.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libabw-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for AbiWord documents (development files) | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - apk - libabw-doc - 0.1.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libabw-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for AbiWord documents (documentation) | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - apk - libabw-tools - 0.1.3-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libabw-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for AbiWord documents | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - dnf - libabw - 0.1.3-20.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libabw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A library for import of AbiWord files | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - dnf - libabw-devel - 0.1.3-20.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libabw-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libabw | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - dnf - libabw-doc - 0.1.3-20.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libabw-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation of libabw API | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - dnf - libabw-tools - 0.1.3-20.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libabw-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Tools to transform AbiWord files into other formats | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - pacman - libabw - 0.1.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libabw from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | a library that parses the file format of AbiWord documents | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - zypper - libabw-0_1-1 - 0.1.4-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libabw-0_1-1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Library for parsing the AbiWord file format structure | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw - zypper - libabw-devel - 0.1.4-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libabw-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Files for Developing with libabw | https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/DLP/Libraries/libabw ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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