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Install libemf2svg with Homebrew, apk, Nix, apt, zypper

Microsoft (MS) EMF to SVG conversion library. Version 1.8.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install emf2svg.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libemf2svg

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libemf2svg

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libemf2svg · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libemf2svg

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libemf2svg/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install emf2svg

Debian stable package indexes · emf2svg · source: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install emf2svg-conv

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · emf2svg-conv · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Microsoft (MS) EMF to SVG conversion library

Commands and aliases

  • emf2svg-conv

history

Project history and usage

libemf2svg is a small C/C++ conversion library and command-line tool for turning Microsoft Enhanced Metafile and EMF+ graphics into SVG.

Project history

The project README explains that libemf2svg began with a narrow document-interoperability problem: converting Visio stencil graphics from VSS files into reusable SVG. The same README points to libvisio2svg as a related motivation and notes that embedded EMF blobs can appear inside other Microsoft file formats.

Adoption history

Adoption has been package-manager driven rather than institutionally branded. The input metadata records packaging across Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu as emf2svg, Nix, Alpine, and openSUSE, which is typical for format-conversion utilities that are useful in automated document-processing pipelines.

How it is used

The upstream README documents the emf2svg-conv command, with explicit input and output file options and optional dimensions, plus a library API for callers that want to convert EMF data already loaded in memory.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, libemf2svg sits in the useful but awkward corner of office-graphics interoperability: it depends on native graphics/font libraries, handles a Windows-origin vector format, and provides a Unix-style CLI for reproducible conversion workflows.

Timeline

  • 2016: The 0.4.0 tag was dated March 6, 2016 on GitHub.
  • 2017: The 1.0.0 tag was dated January 16, 2017 on GitHub.
  • 2018: The 1.1.0 tag was dated January 2, 2018 on GitHub.
  • 2025: The 1.8.1 tag was dated December 22, 2025 on GitHub.

Related projects

  • The README names libvisio2svg as the original adjacent project, and its dependency list includes libpng, fontconfig, FreeType, fmem, and argp-standalone.

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:library-like

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
emf2svg-convexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version1.8.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:libemf2svg
Version1.8.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

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Debian apt95%

emf2svg 1.1.0+ds-3+b2

Convert Enhanced Metafile to SVG

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apt install emf2svg
  • Section: graphics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: emf2svg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libemf2svg-dev 1.1.0+ds-3+b2

Enhanced Metafile to SVG conversion library (development files)

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apt install libemf2svg-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libemf2svg-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libemf2svg1 1.1.0+ds-3+b2

Enhanced Metafile to SVG conversion library (shared library)

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apt install libemf2svg1
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libemf2svg1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libemf2svg

nix profile install nixpkgs#libemf2svg
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libemf2svg/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

emf2svg 1.1.0+ds-3build2

Convert Enhanced Metafile to SVG

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apt install emf2svg
  • Section: universe/graphics
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: emf2svg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libemf2svg-dev 1.1.0+ds-3build2

Enhanced Metafile to SVG conversion library (development files)

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apt install libemf2svg-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libemf2svg-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libemf2svg1 1.1.0+ds-3build2

Enhanced Metafile to SVG conversion library (shared library)

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apt install libemf2svg1
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libemf2svg1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

libemf2svg 1.1.0-r3

MS EMF (Enhanced Metafile) to SVG conversion library

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apk add libemf2svg
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libemf2svg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libemf2svg-utils 1.1.0-r3

MS EMF (Enhanced Metafile) to SVG conversion library

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo apk add libemf2svg-utils
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libemf2svg-utils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
zypper95%

emf2svg-conv 1.1.0-2.26

EMF to SVG converter

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo zypper install emf2svg-conv
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Productivity/Graphics/Convertors
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: emf2svg-conv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libemf2svg-devel 1.1.0-2.26

Development files for applications which will use libemf2svg

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo zypper install libemf2svg-devel
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libemf2svg-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libemf2svg1 1.1.0-2.26

EMF (Enhanced Metafile) to SVG conversion library

https://github.com/kakwa/libemf2svg

sudo zypper install libemf2svg1
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libemf2svg
  • 6 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libemf2svg
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libemf2svg1 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

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