macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libpaperlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libpaperMacPorts ports tree · print/libpaper/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 1581
Install libpaper with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt
Library for handling paper characteristics. Version 2.2.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libpaper-dev.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libpaperAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libpaper · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libpaperFedora Rawhide package metadata · libpaper · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libpapernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libpaper/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libpaperArch Linux sync databases · libpaper · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libpaperopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libpaper · source: download.opensuse.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libpaper-devDebian stable package indexes · libpaper-dev · source: deb.debian.org
overview
Package summary
Library for handling paper characteristics
Project links
Commands and aliases
- paper
- paperconf
history
Project history and usage
libpaper is a small Unix library and command-line toolkit for discovering and configuring preferred paper sizes, so document and printing tools can avoid hard-coded A4-versus-letter assumptions.
Project history
The original Debian libpaper design was proposed by Yves Arrouye in 1996 as a way for programs to use /etc/papersize at runtime, support a catalog of paper names, and avoid recompiling or rewriting package scripts when the system default changed.
Reuben Thomas's maintained libpaper package builds on that design. Its README says it enables users to indicate their preferred paper size, provides the paper utility, specifies system-wide and per-user paper-size catalogues, and keeps paperconf for compatibility with libpaper version 1.
Adoption history
libpaper became a distribution-level convention because many unrelated tools need the same answer: what paper size should this system or user prefer? Debian manpages document paperconf, while modern libpaper manpages document the newer paper command and XDG-aware user files.
How it is used
Programs can call the library, shell scripts can call paper or paperconf, and users can set PAPERSIZE or write papersize files. The modern paper command checks PAPERSIZE, the user's XDG papersize file, locale paper defaults, /etc/papersize, and paper-size catalogues.
Why package nerds care
libpaper is a tiny package with an outsized packaging lesson: internationalization sometimes means centralizing one mundane default. It exists so PostScript, TeX, printing, and document tools can share policy without every package growing its own paper-size configuration machinery.
Timeline
- 1996: Yves Arrouye proposed using a libpaper library and /etc/papersize for runtime paper-size defaults in Debian.
- 2001: The Debian paperconf manpage documented PAPERSIZE, PAPERCONF, and /etc/papersize behavior.
- 2013: Reuben Thomas's libpaper line started its copyright period and superseded his earlier paper package.
- 2024: paper 2.2.5 manpages documented XDG_CONFIG_HOME/papersize and locale fallback behavior.
Related projects
- paper is the newer command-line interface for querying paper sizes.
- paperconf is the compatibility command from libpaper version 1.
- psutils and other document-processing tools are natural consumers of libpaper because they need named paper sizes.
Sources
security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for libpaper. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/papersize$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/paperspecs@sysconfdir@/papersize@sysconfdir@/paperspecs
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
paper | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
paperconf | 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 version2.2.8
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libpaper |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper |
| Repository | https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper |
| 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%
libpaper-dev 2.2.5-0.3+b2
Paper sizes catalogue (development files)
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper
sudo apt install libpaper-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
Debian apt95%
libpaper-utils 2.2.5-0.3+b2
Paper sizes catalogue (utilities)
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper
sudo apt install libpaper-utils- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
Debian apt95%
libpaper2 2.2.5-0.3+b2
Paper sizes catalogue
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper
sudo apt install libpaper2- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
Nix95%
libpaper
nix profile install nixpkgs#libpaper- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
Ubuntu apt95%
libpaper-dev 1.1.29build1
library for handling paper characteristics (development files)
sudo apt install libpaper-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
Ubuntu apt95%
libpaper-utils 1.1.29build1
library for handling paper characteristics (utilities)
sudo apt install libpaper-utils- Section: utils
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
Ubuntu apt95%
libpaper1 1.1.29build1
library for handling paper characteristics
sudo apt install libpaper1- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 5 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
apk95%
libpaper 2.2.8-r0
Library for handling paper characteristics
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/
sudo apk add libpaper- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
apk95%
libpaper-dev 2.2.8-r0
Library for handling paper characteristics (development files)
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/
sudo apk add libpaper-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
apk95%
libpaper-doc 2.2.8-r0
Library for handling paper characteristics (documentation)
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/
sudo apk add libpaper-doc- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later OR MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpaper
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
dnf95%
libpaper 2.1.1-11.fc45
Library and tools for handling papersize
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/
sudo dnf install libpaper- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND FSFAP
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libpaper
- 2 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
dnf95%
libpaper-devel 2.1.1-11.fc45
Headers/Libraries for developing programs that use libpaper
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/
sudo dnf install libpaper-devel- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND FSFAP
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libpaper
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
dnf95%
paper 2.1.1-11.fc45
Print paper size information
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper/
sudo dnf install paper- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND FSFAP AND GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
pacman95%
libpaper 2.2.8-1
Library for handling paper characteristics
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper
sudo pacman -S libpaper- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-Public-Domain AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND FSFAP AND MIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
zypper95%
libpaper 2.2.8-1.3
Enables users to indicate their preferred paper size
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper
sudo zypper install libpaper- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
zypper95%
libpaper-devel 2.2.8-1.3
This package contains the development files needed by libpaper
https://github.com/rrthomas/libpaper
sudo zypper install libpaper-devel- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libpaper
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libpaper
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