# Install spatialite-tools with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, apt CLI tools supporting SpatiaLite. Version 5.1.0a via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install spatialite-bin. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:spatialite-tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install spatialite-tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install spatialite-tools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: databases/spatialite-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install spatialite-tools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: spatialite-tools 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#spatialite-tools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spatialite-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install spatialite-bin ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: spatialite-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:spatialite-tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 5.1.0a - **Source summary:** CLI tools supporting SpatiaLite - **Homepage:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - exif_loader (alias) - shp_doctor (alias) - shp_sanitize (alias) - spatialite (alias) - spatialite_convert (alias) - spatialite_dem (alias) - spatialite_dxf (alias) - spatialite_gml (alias) - spatialite_network (alias) - spatialite_osm_filter (alias) - spatialite_osm_map (alias) - spatialite_osm_net (alias) - spatialite_osm_overpass (alias) - spatialite_osm_raw (alias) - spatialite_tool (alias) - spatialite_xml2utf8 (alias) - spatialite_xml_collapse (alias) - spatialite_xml_load (alias) - spatialite_xml_print (alias) - spatialite_xml_validator (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 5.1.0a ## Project history and usage spatialite-tools is Gaia-SINS' collection of command-line utilities for working with SpatiaLite databases and geospatial exchange formats. ### Project history The official project page describes spatialite-tools as open source CLI tools supporting SpatiaLite. The suite includes a spatialite shell comparable to sqlite3 but with SpatiaLite support, import/export helpers for Shapefiles and DBF files, diagnostics for Shapefiles, EXIF-GPS import, network/routing tools, GML and DXF importers, OpenStreetMap loaders, XML processors, and version-conversion tools. ### Adoption history The input package facts list spatialite-tools or spatialite-bin in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu. That spread mirrors the package's role as the scripting and batch-processing face of SpatiaLite for GIS users. ### How it is used Users install the suite to get shell and batch utilities around SpatiaLite: loading Shapefiles, checking geometry data, importing OSM or GML data, converting database versions, creating network datasets, and processing XML-backed spatial datasets. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, spatialite-tools matters because it makes SpatiaLite useful in pipelines. It turns a library-backed spatial database into command-line programs that can be depended on by scripts, distro packages, GIS workflows, and CI jobs. ### Timeline - 2014: The Fossil timeline records work toward the 4.2.1 release candidate. - 2015: Version 4.3.0 was released as stable. - 2016: shp_repack was replaced by the more capable shp_sanitize in the Fossil timeline. - 2023: Current version 5.1.0a was released on August 13. ### Related projects - Officially related projects include libspatialite, spatialite_gui, FreeXL, ReadOSM, VirtualPG, and the Gaia-SINS project family. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - spatialite-bin - 5.1.0a-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: spatialite-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - tools | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite-tools/ - Nix - spatialite-tools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sp/spatialite-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - spatialite-bin - 5.1.0a-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: spatialite-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - tools | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite-tools/ - dnf - spatialite-tools - 5.1.0a-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: spatialite-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A set of useful CLI tools for SpatiaLite | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/spatialite-tools - MacPorts - spatialite-tools: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: databases/spatialite-tools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - spatialite: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: databases/spatialite/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - libspatialite-dev - 5.1.0-3+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libspatialite-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - development files | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite - Debian apt - libspatialite8t64 - 5.1.0-3+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libspatialite8t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - libraries | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite - Debian apt - libsqlite3-mod-spatialite - 5.1.0-3+b2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libsqlite3-mod-spatialite from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - loadable module | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite - Ubuntu apt - libspatialite-dev - 5.1.0-3build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspatialite-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - development files | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite - Ubuntu apt - libspatialite8t64 - 5.1.0-3build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libspatialite8t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - libraries | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite - Ubuntu apt - libsqlite3-mod-spatialite - 5.1.0-3build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libsqlite3-mod-spatialite from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Geospatial extension for SQLite - loadable module | https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/spatialite-tools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/spatialite-tools.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