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Install svg2pdf with Homebrew, Nix
Renders SVG images to a PDF file (using Cairo). Version 0.1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#svg2pdf.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#svg2pdfnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sv/svg2pdf/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Renders SVG images to a PDF file (using Cairo)
Project links
Commands and aliases
- svg2pdf
history
Project history and usage
svg2pdf is a tiny command-line SVG-to-PDF converter built around librsvg and Cairo. Its upstream history is short, but it is representative of small Unix graphics utilities that survive because they do one conversion job cleanly in scripts.
Project history
The official freedesktop cgit summary describes svg2pdf as a simple demo showing how to use librsvg and Cairo to render SVG to PDF. The first commit, dated September 7, 2007, imported a small svg2pdf program rescued from cairo/test, where it was not being used and had been deleted.
The source file documents compilation with `pkg-config` against `librsvg-2.0` and `cairo-pdf`, accepts an input SVG and output PDF path, and renders through a Cairo PDF surface.
Adoption history
svg2pdf appears as a small packaged utility rather than a large standalone project. The input package facts list Homebrew and Nix package names, matching its role as a convenient command-line wrapper around already-packaged graphics libraries.
How it is used
Usage is intentionally narrow: `svg2pdf input_file.svg output_file.pdf`. That simplicity makes it useful in build scripts, documentation pipelines, and packaging tests where a headless SVG-to-PDF conversion is enough.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care about tools like svg2pdf because they are thin, inspectable glue over shared libraries. They exercise Cairo and librsvg availability, avoid GUI dependencies, and fit naturally into Makefiles and reproducible build steps.
Timeline
- 2007: svg2pdf is imported into freedesktop cgit from cairo/test.
- 2007: Follow-up commits add a Makefile, update licensing text, and remove forced white background painting.
Related projects
- svg2pdf is closely related to Cairo, librsvg, cairo-pdf, cairo/test, and the sibling svg2png utility.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:image
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
svg2pdf | 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 version0.1.3
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:svg2pdf |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://cairographics.org/ |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
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Nix95%
svg2pdf
nix profile install nixpkgs#svg2pdf- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Svg2pdf
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation