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Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install wv

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install wv

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

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add wv

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · wv · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install wv

Debian stable package indexes · wv · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install wv

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · wv · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#wv

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wv/wv/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S wv

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

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install wv

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · wv · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Programs for accessing Microsoft Word documents

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

wvAbw
wvCleanLatex
wvConvert
wvDVI
wvDocBook
wvHtml
wvLatex
wvMime
wvPDF
wvPS
wvRTF
wvSummary
wvText
wvVersion
wvWare
wvWml

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

wv, also known as wvWare and formerly mswordview, is a GPL library and set of command-line utilities for reading and converting legacy Microsoft Word binary documents. Its official homepage says it can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95, and 6 formats, with limited support for earlier Word 2 documents.

Projektgeschichte

The project began as `mswordview`, but the official homepage says that name was uncomfortably close to Microsoft's Word Viewer product, so the library was renamed to wv. Its focus was interoperability with the OLE2-wrapped binary Word formats used before the newer XML-based Office formats became dominant.

wv became part of the free-software office stack around AbiWord. The homepage says wv is used by AbiWord as its Word importer and that KWord developers used concepts and pieces of its code. The SourceForge project summary describes wvWare as the continuation of Caolan McNamara's wv MSWord library, with efforts to improve correctness, robustness, and Word97 export.

Adoptionsgeschichte

wv spread widely because opening old `.doc` files was a practical need on Unix-like systems. The homepage lists Linux as the main development platform but also mentions BSD, Solaris, OS/2, AIX, OSF/1, and other ports, while GnuWin32 maintained a Windows port. Later, the site itself advised users to prefer AbiWord for many conversion tasks while keeping the wv library as useful document-import infrastructure.

Wie es verwendet wird

The package includes tools such as `wvHtml`, `wvLatex`, `wvText`, `wvPDF`, `wvPS`, `wvAbw`, `wvWml`, and `wvSummary`. Typical package-nerd usage is batch conversion or metadata extraction from old Word binary documents, especially in scripts, mail or browser helper contexts, or archival workflows where a GUI word processor is too heavy.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

wv is historically important because it represents the gritty document-interoperability work that made proprietary binary formats usable from free Unix systems. It matters less as a modern daily document converter and more as a bridge between old Microsoft Word files, command-line conversion pipelines, AbiWord, and archival/package ecosystems that still need to process legacy `.doc` content.

Zeitleiste

Pre-2000s: The project is known as mswordview before being renamed to wv.
2005-10-13: wv 1.2.0 is released, switching to libgsf, libxml2, and glib according to the official news notes.
2006-03: wv 1.2.1 is released as a minor bugfix release.
2010s onward: The upstream site documents the command-line utilities as mostly deprecated in favor of AbiWord, while the wv library remains useful as document-import infrastructure.

Related projects

wv is closely related to AbiWord, which used it as a Word importer, and to KWord, whose developers reused concepts and code. It also sits in the same historical niche as Antiword and other command-line tools for extracting text or converting legacy Microsoft Word documents.

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Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 5 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`wvAbw`	cli	globales Executable
`wvCleanLatex`	cli	globales Executable
`wvConvert`	cli	globales Executable
`wvDVI`	cli	globales Executable
`wvDocBook`	cli	globales Executable
`wvHtml`	cli	globales Executable
`wvLatex`	cli	globales Executable
`wvMime`	cli	globales Executable
`wvPDF`	cli	globales Executable
`wvPS`	cli	globales Executable
`wvRTF`	cli	globales Executable
`wvSummary`	cli	globales Executable
`wvText`	cli	globales Executable
`wvVersion`	cli	globales Executable
`wvWare`	cli	globales Executable
`wvWml`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

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Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.2.9

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://wvware.sourceforge.net/

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Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:wv
Version	1.2.9
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/wv
Homepage	https://wvware.sourceforge.net/
Repository	https://sourceforge.net/p/wvware/cvs
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://wvware.sourceforge.net/
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wv/wv_1.2.9.orig.tar.gz
Abhängigkeiten	gettext, glib, libgsf, libpng, libwmf
Build-Abhängigkeiten	pkgconf
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	libxml2
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	wv
Version Scheme	0
Revision	2
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

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

Debian apt95%

libwv-1.2-4t64 1.2.9-8+b1

Library for accessing Microsoft Word documents

http://www.abisource.com/projects/

sudo apt install libwv-1.2-4t64

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: wv
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libwv-1.2-4t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libwv-dev 1.2.9-8+b1

Development files for the wvWare library

http://www.abisource.com/projects/

sudo apt install libwv-dev

Section: libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: wv
7 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libwv-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

wv 1.2.9-8+b1

Programs for accessing Microsoft Word documents

http://www.abisource.com/projects/

sudo apt install wv

Section: text
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: wv
4 Abhängigkeiten
8 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

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

Nix95%

wv

nix profile install nixpkgs#wv

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

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

Ubuntu apt95%

libwv-1.2-4t64 1.2.9-8

Library for accessing Microsoft Word documents

http://www.abisource.com/projects/

sudo apt install libwv-1.2-4t64

Section: universe/libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: wv
5 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwv-1.2-4t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libwv-dev 1.2.9-8

Development files for the wvWare library

http://www.abisource.com/projects/

sudo apt install libwv-dev

Section: universe/libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: wv
7 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwv-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

wv 1.2.9-8

Programs for accessing Microsoft Word documents

http://www.abisource.com/projects/

sudo apt install wv

Section: universe/text
Architecture: amd64
4 Abhängigkeiten
8 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: wv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

wv 1.2.9-r7

A library that can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware/

sudo apk add wv

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wv
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wv from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

wv-dev 1.2.9-r7

A library that can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats (development files)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware/

sudo apk add wv-dev

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wv
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wv-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

wv-doc 1.2.9-r7

A library that can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats (documentation)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/wvware/

sudo apk add wv-doc

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wv
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: wv-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

wv 1.2.9-34.fc44

MSWord 6/7/8/9 binary file format to HTML converter

http://www.abisource.com/downloads/wv/

sudo dnf install wv

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: wv
10 Abhängigkeiten
3 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: wv from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

wv-devel 1.2.9-34.fc44

MSWord format converter - development files

http://www.abisource.com/downloads/wv/

sudo dnf install wv-devel

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: wv
4 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: wv-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

wv 1.2.9-9

MSWord library that can load and parse Word 2000, 97, 95 and 6 file formats

https://github.com/AbiWord/wv

sudo pacman -S wv

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
6 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

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

zypper95%

libwv-1_2-4 1.2.9-4.6

Library for importing Microsoft Word documents

http://wvware.sourceforge.net/

sudo zypper install libwv-1_2-4

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: System/Libraries
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wv
7 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libwv-1_2-4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

wv 1.2.9-4.6

Tools for Importing Microsoft Word (tm) Documents

http://wvware.sourceforge.net/

sudo zypper install wv

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Productivity/Publishing/Word
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wv
9 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: wv from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

wv-devel 1.2.9-4.6

Header files for wv

http://wvware.sourceforge.net/

sudo zypper install wv-devel

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: wv
5 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Wv

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: wv-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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combined/wv.yml

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wv mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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