# Install geographiclib with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix C++ geography library. Version 2.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:geographiclib ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install geographiclib ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install geographiclib ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: gis/geographiclib/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install geographiclib-doc ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: geographiclib-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install GeographicLib ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: GeographicLib 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#geographiclib ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/geographiclib/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:geographiclib - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.7 - **Source summary:** C++ geography library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - Cart3Convert (cli) - CartConvert (cli) - Conformal3Proj (cli) - ConicProj (cli) - GeoConvert (cli) - Geod3Solve (cli) - GeodSolve (cli) - GeodesicProj (cli) - GeoidEval (cli) - Gravity (cli) - IntersectTool (cli) - MagneticField (cli) - Planimeter (cli) - RhumbSolve (cli) - TransverseMercatorProj (cli) - geographiclib-get-geoids (cli) - geographiclib-get-gravity (cli) - geographiclib-get-magnetic (cli) - Cart3Convert (alias) - CartConvert (alias) - Conformal3Proj (alias) - ConicProj (alias) - GeoConvert (alias) - Geod3Solve (alias) - GeodSolve (alias) - GeodesicProj (alias) - GeoidEval (alias) - Gravity (alias) - IntersectTool (alias) - MagneticField (alias) - Planimeter (alias) - RhumbSolve (alias) - TransverseMercatorProj (alias) - geographiclib-get-geoids (alias) - geographiclib-get-gravity (alias) - geographiclib-get-magnetic (alias) ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 2.7 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/geographiclib/geographiclib - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage GeographicLib is a family of geodesy libraries descended from Charles Karney's C++ library, which began in 2008. The C++ library provides geodesic and rhumb-line calculations, coordinate conversions, gravity and geomagnetic field calculations, triaxial-ellipsoid computations, command-line utilities, and high-accuracy algorithms intended to return results near round-off error. ### Project history The project began as a C++ library, then grew because its geodesic routines were useful enough to port to several other languages. Before version 2.0, those implementations lived together in one repository; after version 2.0 they were split into a family of repositories, leaving the C++ repository as the broadest implementation. The documentation describes GeographicLib as project-hosted on SourceForge, with repositories on GitHub and package distributions maintained through SourceForge. The C++ repository also documents separate release and development branches, a pattern useful to downstream packagers who need stable tagged releases. ### Adoption history GeographicLib's geodesic routines spread beyond the C++ package into C, Fortran, Python, Octave/MATLAB, Java, and JavaScript implementations. The C library is incorporated into PROJ and the R geosphere package, and official notes list downstream availability in Linux distributions, conda-forge, vcpkg, and Homebrew. ### How it is used Practitioners use GeographicLib when accuracy matters for ellipsoidal geodesics, UTM/UPS/MGRS conversion, geocentric and local Cartesian conversion, geoid height evaluation, gravity models, magnetic models, polygon perimeter and area, and rhumb-line calculations. The package exposes this work through C++ APIs and many small utilities such as `GeodSolve`, `GeoConvert`, `GeoidEval`, `Gravity`, and `MagneticField`. ### Why package nerds care For package-manager users, GeographicLib is a compact but foundational geodesy dependency: it provides command-line tools, data installers, and stable library APIs used by mapping, GIS, surveying, navigation, and scientific software. The split between code packages and optional datasets makes it a classic packaging case where binaries and data files are handled separately. ### Timeline - 2008: Charles Karney's original C++ library began. - 2009-2025: The documentation copyright span reflects long-running public maintenance. - 2.0: Language implementations were separated into a family of repositories. ### Related projects - Related implementations include GeographicLib-C, GeographicLib-Fortran, GeographicLib-Python, GeographicLib-Java, and JavaScript packages. The documentation also names PROJ, geosphere, conda-forge, vcpkg, Homebrew, and several independent ports or wrappers. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes library-like package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - library-like package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** geographiclib - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - geographiclib-doc - 2.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: geographiclib-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- documentation | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Debian apt - geographiclib-tools - 2.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: geographiclib-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- tools | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Debian apt - libgeographiclib-dev - 2.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgeographiclib-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- development files | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Debian apt - libgeographiclib26 - 2.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgeographiclib26 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- library | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Nix - geographiclib: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ge/geographiclib/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - geographiclib-doc - 2.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: geographiclib-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- documentation | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Ubuntu apt - geographiclib-tools - 2.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: geographiclib-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- tools | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Ubuntu apt - libgeographiclib-dev - 2.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgeographiclib-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- development files | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - Ubuntu apt - libgeographiclib26 - 2.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libgeographiclib26 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | C++ library to solve some geodesic problems -- library | https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/ - dnf - GeographicLib - 2.7-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: GeographicLib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Library for geographic coordinate transformations | https://github.com/geographiclib/geographiclib - dnf - GeographicLib-devel - 2.7-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: GeographicLib-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files and libraries for GeographicLib | https://github.com/geographiclib/geographiclib - dnf - GeographicLib-doc - 2.7-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: GeographicLib-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development documentation for GeographicLib | https://github.com/geographiclib/geographiclib - dnf - mingw32-GeographicLib - 2.7-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mingw32-GeographicLib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | MinGW Windows GeographicLib library | https://github.com/geographiclib/geographiclib - dnf - mingw64-GeographicLib - 2.7-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mingw64-GeographicLib from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | MinGW Windows GeographicLib library | https://github.com/geographiclib/geographiclib - MacPorts - geographiclib: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: gis/geographiclib/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - gravity: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/gravity/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - 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