# Install pdftoipe with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Reads arbitrary PDF files and generates an XML file readable by Ipe. Version 7.2.29.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-03. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pdftoipe.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pdftoipe
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pdftoipe
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pdftoipe
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pdftoipe
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdftoipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pdftoipe
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.2.29.2
- **Source summary:** Reads arbitrary PDF files and generates an XML file readable by Ipe
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T05:15:38Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pdftoipe (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 7.2.29.2

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pdftoipe - 1:7.2.29.1-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pdftoipe from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | converts arbitrary PDF file to XML file readable by Ipe | https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools
- Nix - pdftoipe: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pd/pdftoipe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pdftoipe - 1:7.2.24.1-3.1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pdftoipe from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | converts arbitrary PDF file to XML file readable by Ipe | https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pdftoipe.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pdftoipe.yml)


## Sources

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