bibtexconv を Homebrew, apt でインストール

プロジェクトリンク

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コマンドとエイリアス

• bibtexconv
• bibtexconv-odt
• ietf2bibtex

プロジェクトの歴史

The Git history traces BibTeXConv back to an imported Subversion-era commit in July 2010, and the current CMake metadata carries copyright years 2010-2026.

The upstream README describes a converter centered on export scripts, mappings, URL checking, MD5/size/MIME computations, ISBN and ISSN verification, and separate helper commands such as bibtexconv-odt and ietf2bibtex.

採用の歴史

BibTeXConv is packaged in Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu, and the upstream README documents additional binary-package routes for Ubuntu PPAs, Fedora COPR, and FreeBSD ports.

Its adoption is narrower than Biber or BibTeX2HTML, but it serves users who maintain publication lists and want programmable exports into web pages, text files, ODT documents, or IETF XML references.

使われ方

Users feed a BibTeX file plus an export script or option set to bibtexconv, producing updated BibTeX, HTML, plain text, YAML, Markdown, separate XML references, or downloaded/verified publication assets.

The README warns that script-based mappings can be slow and can introduce security risk when export scripts come from untrusted sources, recommending mapping files for safer author-to-URL lookups.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

BibTeXConv is a small but very package-manager-shaped bibliography utility: a C/C++ CLI with man pages, examples, Debian/RPM/FreeBSD packaging metadata, and a stable upstream tarball flow.

It is most interesting as a BibTeX-to-everything bridge for publication-list maintenance rather than as a LaTeX build dependency.

タイムライン

• 2010-07-11: Earliest public GitHub commit imports the project from an SVN repository.
• 2026-05-28: Upstream announces bibtexconv 2.2.2 with manpage improvements and updated examples.
• 2026-06-12: Upstream announces bibtexconv 2.2.3 with build improvements for NetBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS.

Related projects

• BibTeX is the source data format BibTeXConv reads and writes.
• LibreOffice and OpenOffice are relevant to the bibtexconv-odt workflow documented upstream.
• IETF XML reference tooling is a target output area through BibTeXConv's XML reference generation.

ソース

• https://api.github.com/repos/dreibh/bibtexconv/commits?per_page=1&page=1251
• https://github.com/dreibh/bibtexconv/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt
• https://github.com/dreibh/bibtexconv/blob/master/README.md
• https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/bibtexconv/