macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install docbook-xsllocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install docbook-xslMacPorts ports tree · textproc/docbook-xsl/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install docbook-xsl with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper
XML vocabulary to create presentation-neutral documents. Version 1.79.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add docbook-xslAlpine Linux edge package indexes · docbook-xsl · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install docbook-xslDebian stable package indexes · docbook-xsl · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install docbook-style-xslFedora Rawhide package metadata · docbook-style-xsl · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#docbook_xslnixpkgs package indexes · docbook_xsl · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S docbook-xslArch Linux sync databases · docbook-xsl · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install docbook-xsl-pdf2indexopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · docbook-xsl-pdf2index · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
XML vocabulary to create presentation-neutral documents
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dbtoepub
history
Project history and usage
DocBook XSL Stylesheets are one of the classic XML documentation toolchain packages: a large body of XSLT used to turn DocBook XML into HTML, XSL-FO/PDF workflows, man pages, EPUB, and other outputs.
They are historically significant because they carried DocBook from the SGML/DSSSL documentation era into XML/XSLT-based publishing for Unix, Linux distribution, enterprise, and book-production workflows.
Project history
The DocBook project describes the XSLT 1.0 stylesheets as dating to the early 2000s and replacing older DSSSL stylesheets from the 1990s.
The stylesheets lived for years on SourceForge as part of the DocBook project, then moved to GitHub, where the xslt10-stylesheets repository is now the intended repository of record.
The 1.79.2 release snapshot, published in the DocBook CDN in December 2016, became the long-lived stable version many distributions continue to ship.
Adoption history
Adoption is broad and old-school: DocBook XSL is packaged by Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Arch, MacPorts, Nix, MSYS2, Alpine, Ubuntu, openSUSE, and other ecosystems because build systems and documentation packages still depend on it.
Many downstream projects layer their own branding or output customizations on top of the stock stylesheets, such as SUSE's DocBook stylesheet customization layer.
How it is used
The package is installed as shared XML/XSL resources, usually consumed by xsltproc, Saxon, or build systems that transform DocBook sources.
Its outputs cover the practical documentation formats that made DocBook popular: chunked HTML, single-page HTML, XSL-FO for print/PDF, man pages, EPUB, and help-system formats.
Why package nerds care
This is infrastructure you notice mostly when it breaks: thousands of source packages, manuals, and distro docs have historically assumed DocBook XSL is present under a conventional XML catalog path.
It is also a time capsule of the XML publishing era, where packaging a stylesheet tree was as important as packaging compilers or libraries.
Timeline
- 1990s: DocBook publishing relied on SGML and DSSSL stylesheets.
- Early 2000s: the DocBook XSLT 1.0 stylesheets became the replacement XML/XSLT publishing path.
- 2009: SourceForge news shows active 1.74.x DocBook XSL and XSL-NS releases.
- 2016: DocBook XSL 1.79.2 was deployed to the DocBook CDN and became the durable stable release in many package managers.
- 2010s-2020s: development moved away from SourceForge to GitHub; newer DocBook work increasingly points users toward xslTNG when practical.
Related projects
- Related DocBook projects include the DocBook XML schemas, the older DSSSL stylesheets, the later XSLT 2.0 stylesheets, and the newer xslTNG stylesheets.
- Common companion tools include libxml2, libxslt/xsltproc, xmlto, docbook2X, Apache FOP, and distribution-specific XML catalog tooling.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- Homebrew declares a post-install hook for this formula.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
dbtoepub | cli | global executable |
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 generated2026-07-08
manager version1.79.2
manager updated2026-06-27
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheetsnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:docbook-xsl |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.79.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docbook-xsl |
| Homepage | https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets |
| Repository | https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets |
| Upstream docs | https://docbook.org/stylesheets |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets/releases/download/release%2F1.79.2/docbook-xsl-nons-1.79.2.tar.bz2 |
| Last updated | 2026-06-27T18:06:36-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | docbook |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | docbook-xsl |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
docbook-xsl 1.79.2+dfsg-7
stylesheets for processing DocBook XML to various output formats
https://github.com/docbook/wiki/wiki/DocBookXslStylesheets
sudo apt install docbook-xsl- Section: text
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 12 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
Debian apt95%
docbook-xsl-ns 1.79.2+dfsg-7
stylesheets for processing DocBook 5 XML to various output formats
https://github.com/docbook/wiki/wiki/DocBookXslStylesheets
sudo apt install docbook-xsl-ns- Section: text
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 1 dependencies
- 12 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
Nix95%
docbook_xsl
nix profile install nixpkgs#docbook_xsl- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
Ubuntu apt95%
docbook-xsl 1.79.2+dfsg-7
stylesheets for processing DocBook XML to various output formats
https://github.com/docbook/wiki/wiki/DocBookXslStylesheets
sudo apt install docbook-xsl- Section: universe/text
- Architecture: all
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 12 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
Ubuntu apt95%
docbook-xsl-ns 1.79.2+dfsg-7
stylesheets for processing DocBook 5 XML to various output formats
https://github.com/docbook/wiki/wiki/DocBookXslStylesheets
sudo apt install docbook-xsl-ns- Section: universe/text
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 1 dependencies
- 12 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
apk95%
docbook-xsl 1.79.2-r13
XML stylesheets for Docbook-xml transformations
sudo apk add docbook-xsl- License: LicenseRef-DMIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
apk95%
docbook-xsl-nons 1.79.2-r13
XML stylesheets for Docbook-xml transformations (no-namespace version)
sudo apk add docbook-xsl-nons- License: LicenseRef-DMIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
apk95%
docbook-xsl-ns 1.79.2-r13
XML stylesheets for Docbook-xml transformations (namespace version)
sudo apk add docbook-xsl-ns- License: LicenseRef-DMIT
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
dnf95%
docbook-style-xsl 1.79.2-27.fc44
Norman Walsh's XSL stylesheets for DocBook XML
https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets
sudo dnf install docbook-style-xsl- License: LicenseRef-DMIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: docbook-style-xsl
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
pacman95%
docbook-xsl 1.79.2-9
XML stylesheets for Docbook-xml transformations
sudo pacman -S docbook-xsl- License: LicenseRef-docbook-XSL
- Architecture: any
- 3 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
zypper95%
docbook-xsl-pdf2index 1.79.2.2-2.5
Script to create Indices for FOP
https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets
sudo zypper install docbook-xsl-pdf2index- License: MIT AND MPL-1.1
- Category: Productivity/Publishing/XML
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
zypper95%
docbook-xsl-stylesheets 1.79.2.2-2.5
XSL Stylesheets for DocBook 4
https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets
sudo zypper install docbook-xsl-stylesheets- License: MIT AND MPL-1.1
- Category: Productivity/Publishing/XML
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
zypper95%
docbook5-xsl-stylesheets 1.79.2.2-2.5
XSL Stylesheets for DocBook 5
https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets
sudo zypper install docbook5-xsl-stylesheets- License: MIT AND MPL-1.1
- Category: Productivity/Publishing/XML
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: docbook-xsl
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
MacPorts95%
docbook-xsl
sudo port install docbook-xsl- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Docbook Xsl
Debian apt92%
dbtoepub 0+svn9904-7
DocBook XML to .epub converter
https://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/epub/README
sudo apt install dbtoepub- Section: text
- Architecture: all
- 6 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Dbtoepub
Ubuntu apt92%
dbtoepub 0+svn9904-7
DocBook XML to .epub converter
https://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/epub/README
sudo apt install dbtoepub- Section: universe/text
- Architecture: all
- 6 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Dbtoepub
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