# Install cconv with Homebrew, apt, Nix Iconv based simplified-traditional Chinese conversion tool. Version 0.6.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cconv ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cconv ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install cconv ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: cconv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#cconv ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cc/cconv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cconv - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6.3 - **Source summary:** Iconv based simplified-traditional Chinese conversion tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cconv (cli) - cconv (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.6.3 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/xiaoyjy/cconv - Upstream latest detected: v0.6.3 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage cconv is an iconv-based command-line tool for converting Chinese text between Simplified and Traditional forms. In package-manager terms it is a small, old-school Unix text filter: narrow purpose, autotools build, and useful in pipelines where users need script conversion rather than a larger localization framework. ### Project history The official README calls cconv a simplified-traditional Chinese conversion tool based on iconv and notes that the GitHub repository is the project's new address. The GitHub repository was created in 2015, but the ChangeLog shows earlier 0.5 and 0.6 series development before the current v0.6.3 release line. ### Adoption history The input package facts list cconv packages in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, which is typical for a compact C text-processing utility that remains useful even with a quiet upstream. ### How it is used The README presents cconv with iconv-style -f and -t encoding options and an example converting UTF-8 Simplified Chinese text to utf8-tw Traditional Chinese output. ### Why package nerds care cconv is the kind of utility package that survives because it does one culturally specific text transformation from the shell. Its interest is mostly practical: it exposes Chinese script conversion through familiar iconv-like flags and can be installed without a larger runtime. ### Timeline - 0.5 series: Early cconv releases recorded in the official ChangeLog. - 0.6.0: Cross-handling logic rewritten and conversion conditions expanded. - 0.6.1-0.6.3: Tables and bug fixes updated. - 2015: Official GitHub repository created. ### Related projects - GNU libiconv is referenced by the README as the model and underlying text-conversion context. - OpenCC is a related package-space neighbor for Chinese script conversion, although cconv is its own smaller iconv-like tool. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cconv - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - cconv - 0.6.2-1.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cconv from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Simplified/Traditional Chinese conversion tool | http://code.google.com/p/cconv/ - Debian apt - libcconv-dev - 0.6.2-1.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcconv-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | development libraries for CCONV | http://code.google.com/p/cconv/ - Debian apt - libcconv0 - 0.6.2-1.3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libcconv0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | library for cconv | http://code.google.com/p/cconv/ - Nix - cconv: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cc/cconv/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - cconv - 0.6.2-1.3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cconv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Simplified/Traditional Chinese conversion tool | http://code.google.com/p/cconv/ - Ubuntu apt - libcconv-dev - 0.6.2-1.3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcconv-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | development libraries for CCONV | http://code.google.com/p/cconv/ - Ubuntu apt - libcconv0 - 0.6.2-1.3build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libcconv0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | library for cconv | http://code.google.com/p/cconv/ ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libunicode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libunicode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode. - [scws](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/scws/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chinese, cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [unac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/unac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode. - [uni](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uni/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode. - [uni2ascii](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uni2ascii/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing, unicode. - [align](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/align/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [bsdconv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bsdconv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. - [cmigemo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmigemo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, text-processing. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cconv.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cconv.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph