# Install evince with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper GNOME document viewer. Version 48.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:evince ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install evince ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install evince ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: gnome/evince/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add evince ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: evince from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install evince ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: evince from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install evince ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: evince from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#evince ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ev/evince/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S evince ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: evince from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install evince ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: evince from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install evince ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: evince from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','electron' ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:evince - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 48.4 - **Source summary:** GNOME document viewer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T04:22:29Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - evince (cli) - evince-previewer (cli) - evince-thumbnailer (cli) - evince (alias) - evince-previewer (alias) - evince-thumbnailer (alias) ## Dependencies - adwaita-icon-theme - at-spi2-core - cairo - djvulibre - gdk-pixbuf - gettext - glib - gspell - gtk+3 - hicolor-icon-theme - libarchive - libgxps - libhandy - libsecret - libspectre - libtiff - pango - poppler ## Build dependencies - desktop-file-utils - gettext - gobject-introspection - itstool - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 48.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Evince is GNOME's long-running document viewer, packaged on Unix-like systems as the standard lightweight app for PDF and other document formats. ### Project history GNOME's repository describes Evince as a document viewer for multiple single-page and multi-page formats, including PDF and PostScript, with Poppler as the PDF backend and optional libraries for PostScript, DjVu, DVI, comic archives, TIFF, and XPS. The AppStream metadata names the app Evince, identifies the Evince Developers as maintainers, and describes it as a GNOME desktop document viewer for viewing, searching, and annotating documents. ### Adoption history Evince's adoption is tied to GNOME distribution packaging: it is maintained in GNOME GitLab, translated through GNOME localization infrastructure, documented through GNOME Help, and distributed as a desktop app with command-line helpers such as `evince`, `evince-previewer`, and `evince-thumbnailer`. Its package-manager footprint is broad because document viewing is a baseline desktop function. The Homebrew formula is one of many package-manager entries alongside Linux distribution packages and MacPorts-style desktop packaging. ### How it is used Users open documents through the desktop app or by running `evince` from the command line with local files, multiple files, web URLs, page labels, fullscreen mode, presentation mode, or preview mode. GNOME Help documents workflows around reading, search, printing, annotations, forms, supported formats, SyncTeX, and command-line invocation, which makes Evince both a graphical app and a scriptable desktop component. ### Why package nerds care Evince matters to package nerds because it sits at the junction of GNOME app packaging, document backends, MIME integration, thumbnailing, previewing, translations, and Flatpak/AppStream metadata. A small formula or distro package pulls in a real slice of the desktop stack. Its repository also preserves older tags and backend lineage, including GPDF and XPDF-era tags, which helps explain why Evince packages historically touched Poppler, PostScript, DjVu, DVI, TIFF, XPS, and archive support rather than only PDF viewing. ### Timeline - Early history: Repository tags include XPDF and GPDF-era tags before modern Evince releases. - 2011: GNOME Help command-line page records Evince 3.2-era command-line documentation. - 2021: AppStream metadata records Evince 40.x and GNOME 41-era stable releases. - 2023: AppStream metadata records Evince 44.0 and 45.0 stable releases. - 2024: AppStream metadata records Evince 46.0 and 46.1 stable releases. - 2026: AppStream metadata records Evince 49 alpha development releases and NEWS lists ongoing GNOME maintenance work. ### Related projects - Evince depends on or integrates with Poppler for PDF viewing, Spectre for PostScript, DjVuLibre, Kpathsea for DVI, libarchive for comic-book archives, libtiff, and libgxps for XPS. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for evince. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** evince - **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 - evince - 48.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: evince from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Debian apt - evince-common - 48.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: evince-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer - common files | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Debian apt - gir1.2-evince-3.0 - 48.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gir1.2-evince-3.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GObject introspection data for the evince libraries | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Debian apt - libevdocument3-4t64 - 48.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libevdocument3-4t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Debian apt - libevince-dev - 48.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libevince-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library - development files | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Debian apt - libevview3-3t64 - 48.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libevview3-3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library - Gtk+ widgets | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Nix - evince: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ev/evince/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - evince - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: evince from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Ubuntu apt - evince-common - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: evince-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Document (PostScript, PDF) viewer - common files | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Ubuntu apt - gir1.2-evince-3.0 - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gir1.2-evince-3.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GObject introspection data for the evince libraries | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Ubuntu apt - libevdocument3-4t64 - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libevdocument3-4t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Ubuntu apt - libevince-dev - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libevince-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library - development files | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - Ubuntu apt - libevview3-3t64 - 46.0-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libevview3-3t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Document (PostScript, PDF) rendering library - Gtk+ widgets | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince/ - apk - evince - 48.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: evince from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple document viewer for GTK+ | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince - apk - evince-dbg - 48.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: evince-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple document viewer for GTK+ (debug symbols) | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince - apk - evince-dev - 48.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: evince-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple document viewer for GTK+ (development files) | https://apps.gnome.org/Evince ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [cairo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cairo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [djvulibre](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/djvulibre/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gdk-pixbuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdk-pixbuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gspell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gspell/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [desktop-file-utils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/desktop-file-utils/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gobject-introspection](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gobject-introspection/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [itstool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/itstool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gnome-papers](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnome-papers/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, document-viewer, gnome, pdf, productivity. - [briss](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/briss/) - 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[combined/evince.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/evince.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