macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install kdoctoolslocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install kdoctools with Homebrew, apk, apt, pacman, zypper
Create documentation from DocBook. Version 6.27.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-12.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add kdoctoolsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · kdoctools · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install kdoctools5Debian stable package indexes · kdoctools5 · source: deb.debian.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S kdoctoolsArch Linux sync databases · kdoctools · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install kdoctoolsopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kdoctools · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Create documentation from DocBook
Project links
Commands and aliases
- checkXML6
- meinproc6
history
Project history and usage
KDocTools is the KDE Frameworks documentation-generation component for building KDE documentation from DocBook sources. Its package-nerd identity is less about an end-user command and more about the small but essential build-time tools, including meinproc6 and checkXML6, that let KDE applications ship localized help and manuals in a consistent format.
Project history
The KDocTools README describes the project as tools for generating documentation in various formats from DocBook files and credits Eric Bischoff, Claudiu Costin, Frederik Fouvry, David Rugge, and other contributors for the original documentation toolchain pieces. KDE's API documentation identifies the maintained framework as a KDE Community project, with support across Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and macOS.
KDocTools became one of the separately shipped KDE Frameworks modules when KDE Frameworks 5.0 was announced on 2014-07-07. That move put the old KDE platform library stack into smaller Qt-oriented framework packages, and the 5.0 source list explicitly included kdoctools-5.0.0. KDocTools later continued into the Qt 6 generation as KF6DocTools, with KDE's 2024-02-28 MegaRelease shipping Frameworks 6 alongside Plasma 6 and Gear 24.02.
Adoption history
KDocTools is adopted indirectly by KDE packagers and application maintainers: it appears as a framework package in Homebrew and major Unix-like distributions because KDE projects use DocBook help files and translated documentation as part of their build and release process. Its value is most visible in packaging, localization, and reproducible documentation builds rather than in direct interactive use.
How it is used
Typical use is during builds or documentation checks, where KDE projects invoke KDocTools components to validate XML and transform DocBook documentation. Users usually encounter it as a build dependency for KDE software, while documentation maintainers encounter the command-line tools directly.
Why package nerds care
KDocTools is a classic dependency iceberg package: small, quiet, and easy to overlook, but important to making KDE source releases build complete help systems. It also preserves KDE's long-running DocBook documentation culture inside the modular KDE Frameworks packaging model.
Timeline
- 1996-2025: KDE API documentation credits the KDE documentation corpus across this date range.
- 2014-07-07: KDE Frameworks 5.0 shipped with a standalone kdoctools-5.0.0 source package.
- 2020-05-16: The KDE Invent project page records the current KDocTools GitLab project creation date after KDE infrastructure migration.
- 2024-02-28: KDE MegaRelease 6 shipped Frameworks 6, and KDocTools continued as KF6DocTools.
Related projects
- KDocTools sits with KDE Frameworks, KDE's DocBook documentation workflow, KApiDox, and other KDE build-time infrastructure. It is related to DocBook itself as the source markup format and to KDE localization because translated manuals depend on this toolchain.
Sources
- https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/html/index.html
- https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
- https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/-/raw/master/README.md
- https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/-/raw/master/metainfo.yaml
- https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.0.0/
- https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kdoctools. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 6 build 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
checkXML6 | cli | global executable | |
meinproc6 | 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 version6.27.0
manager updated2026-06-12
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://l10n.kde.org/docs/doc-primer/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://l10n.kde.org/docs/doc-primer/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:kdoctools |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.27.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kdoctools |
| Homepage | https://l10n.kde.org/docs/doc-primer/ |
| Repository | https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools |
| Upstream docs | https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools/html/index.html |
| License | BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND (LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only) |
| Source archive | https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.27/kdoctools-6.27.0.tar.xz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-12T00:46:25Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | docbook-xsl, karchive, qtbase |
| Build dependencies | cmake, doxygen, extra-cmake-modules, gettext, ki18n, qttools |
| Uses from macOS | libxml2, libxslt |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kdoctools |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| 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%
kdoctools5 5.116.0-1
Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
sudo apt install kdoctools5- Section: doc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 9 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
Debian apt95%
libkf5doctools-dev 5.116.0-1
Development files for kdoctools5
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
sudo apt install libkf5doctools-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
Debian apt95%
libkf5doctools5 5.116.0-1
Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
sudo apt install libkf5doctools5- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
Ubuntu apt95%
kdoctools5 5.115.0-0ubuntu5
Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
sudo apt install kdoctools5- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 9 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
Ubuntu apt95%
libkf5doctools-dev 5.115.0-0ubuntu5
Development files for kdoctools5
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
sudo apt install libkf5doctools-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 4 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
Ubuntu apt95%
libkf5doctools5 5.115.0-0ubuntu5
Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools
sudo apt install libkf5doctools5- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 6 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
apk95%
kdoctools 6.26.0-r0
Documentation generation from docbook
https://community.kde.org/Frameworks
sudo apk add kdoctools- License: LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
apk95%
kdoctools-dev 6.26.0-r0
Documentation generation from docbook (development files)
https://community.kde.org/Frameworks
sudo apk add kdoctools-dev- License: LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
apk95%
kdoctools-doc 6.26.0-r0
Documentation generation from docbook (documentation)
https://community.kde.org/Frameworks
sudo apk add kdoctools-doc- License: LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
pacman95%
kdoctools 6.26.0-1
Documentation generation from docbook
https://community.kde.org/Frameworks
sudo pacman -S kdoctools- License: LGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-3.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- 7 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
zypper95%
kdoctools 5.116.0-1.7
Tools to create documentation from DocBook
sudo zypper install kdoctools- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
zypper95%
kdoctools-devel 5.116.0-1.7
Build environment for kdoctools
sudo zypper install kdoctools-devel- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 5 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
zypper95%
kdoctools-lang 5.116.0-1.7
Translations for package kdoctools
sudo zypper install kdoctools-lang- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
- Category: System/Localization
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 1 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
zypper95%
libKF5DocTools5 5.116.0-1.7
Library to create documentation from DocBook
sudo zypper install libKF5DocTools5- License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kdoctools
- 8 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kdoctools
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