Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install libiconv

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install libiconv

MacPorts ports tree · textproc/libiconv/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#libiconv

nixpkgs package indexes · libiconv · Quelle: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S libiconv

Arch Linux sync databases · libiconv · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/iconv

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/iconv.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Conversion library

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

iconv

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GNU libiconv is the GNU character-set conversion library for systems that lack a usable iconv implementation or lack Unicode-capable conversions.

Projektgeschichte

The GNU project page frames libiconv around the internet-era problem of moving text among Unicode and older language- or country-dependent encodings. It provides both the iconv() library interface and an iconv command-line program.

GNU libiconv's long-term role has been portability rather than novelty: it supplies consistent conversion support on platforms where libc iconv is absent, incomplete, or not compatible with the encodings an application needs.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The package became common in Unix packaging because many projects use Autoconf tests for iconv and need a fallback on macOS, BSD, Windows ports, or older commercial Unix systems.

The GNU documentation explicitly calls out GNU gettext integration and the circular first-install relationship between gettext and libiconv on some systems, which is why packagers often care about bootstrap order.

Wie es verwendet wird

Developers link against libiconv through iconv_open, iconv, and iconv_close, while users can call the iconv program to convert files or streams between encodings. Build systems commonly surface it through LIBICONV or LTLIBICONV substitutions.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

libiconv is one of the classic portability packages: invisible when libc has enough charset support, essential when it does not. It also exposes subtle packaging choices around libc replacement, gettext, locale charsets, and whether a dependency should use the system iconv or GNU's implementation.

For package maintainers, it is a reminder that text encoding is infrastructure. A tiny mismatch in iconv availability can decide whether internationalized software builds or produces correct output.

Zeitleiste

1998: GNU libiconv documentation carries Free Software Foundation copyright from this period.
2024: GNU libiconv 1.18 release notes described POSIX:2024 API compatibility work.
2026: The GNU project page documented libiconv 1.19 source and manuals.

Related projects

GNU gettext is closely related because gettext can use libiconv for message conversion and shares build-system history around iconv.m4.
glibc iconv is the main system implementation that may make GNU libiconv unnecessary on GNU/Linux systems.
POSIX iconv is the standard API surface that libiconv implements for portable software.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:library-like

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 4 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`iconv`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.19

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:libiconv
Version	1.19
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libiconv
Homepage	https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
Repository	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/libiconv.git
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.19.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	autoconf, automake
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	gperf
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	libiconv
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Requirements	macos
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	yes
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

libiconv

nix profile install nixpkgs#libiconv

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libiconv

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: libiconv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

pacman95%

libiconv 1.19-1

GNU charset conversion library

http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/

sudo pacman -S libiconv

License: LGPL-2.1-only AND GPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libiconv

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: libiconv from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

libiconv

sudo port install libiconv

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Libiconv

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: textproc/libiconv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Nix92%

iconv

nix profile install nixpkgs#iconv

installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Iconv

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: iconv from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

Scoop92%

main/iconv

scoop install main/iconv

installed executable or alias match
Abgeglichen nach: Iconv

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/iconv.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/libiconv.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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