macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libgeotifflocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libgeotiffMacPorts ports tree · graphics/libgeotiff/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install libgeotiff with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman
Library and tools for dealing with GeoTIFF. Version 1.7.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libgeotiffAlpine Linux edge package indexes · libgeotiff · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install geotiff-binDebian stable package indexes · geotiff-bin · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libgeotiffFedora Rawhide package metadata · libgeotiff · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libgeotiffnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libgeotiff/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libgeotiffArch Linux sync databases · libgeotiff · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Library and tools for dealing with GeoTIFF
Project links
Commands and aliases
- applygeo
- geotifcp
- listgeo
history
Project history and usage
libgeotiff is the OSGeo library and toolset for reading and writing GeoTIFF metadata inside TIFF files. It is package-significant because GeoTIFF became a standard interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery, and libgeotiff provides the small C-level plumbing used by GIS stacks and command-line data workflows.
Project history
The GeoTIFF format was developed in the early 1990s to add geographic metadata to the mature TIFF image format. OGC records a September 1994 SPOT Image proposal, a November 1995 Revision 1.0 specification by Ritter and Ruth, and a 2000 adjustment to the community specification before OGC GeoTIFF 1.1 formalized the standard.
The OSGeo libgeotiff repository describes the library's job as extracting and parsing GeoTIFF key directories and installing GeoTIFF keys in new files. The project migrated to a GitHub-hosted OSGeo repository while keeping OSGeo Trac and download archives as historical project infrastructure.
Adoption history
GeoTIFF's adoption came from remote sensing, GIS, cartography, and earth-science users needing a TIFF-compatible exchange format for georeferenced imagery. OGC states that the format is used throughout geospatial and earth-science communities, and libgeotiff follows that usage as a common implementation dependency.
Package managers expose libgeotiff as both a library and CLI utilities such as listgeo, geotifcp, and applygeo. Its downstream footprint is strongest in geospatial stacks that also involve TIFF, PROJ, GDAL, and raster-processing tools.
How it is used
Users reach for libgeotiff to inspect, copy, or attach georeferencing keys in TIFF files. The tools are small but durable: listgeo reports GeoTIFF metadata, geotifcp copies georeferencing into new TIFFs, and applygeo applies external metadata.
Developers use the C library when they need direct access to GeoTIFF key directories rather than a full GIS framework. That makes it useful as a dependency under larger geospatial applications and as a command-line diagnostic package.
Why package nerds care
libgeotiff sits at the dependency layer where image codecs meet coordinate-reference metadata. For packagers, that means careful coordination with libtiff, PROJ/EPSG data, and GDAL-like consumers.
Its importance is not flashy application UX but interoperability: if GeoTIFF metadata parsing breaks, many map-processing pipelines fail in ways that look like bad coordinates rather than bad software.
Timeline
- 1994: SPOT Image Corp proposed an early GeoTIFF structure focused on UTM.
- 1995: Ritter and Ruth formalized GeoTIFF Revision 1.0.
- 2000: Minor adjustments to the community GeoTIFF 1.0 specification were published.
- 2007: OSGeo download archive entries show libgeotiff release artifacts already hosted in the OSGeo geotiff area.
- 2019: OGC GeoTIFF 1.1 documented a minor revision aligned with modern OGC practice and EPSG register changes.
Related projects
- GeoTIFF depends conceptually on TIFF and coordinate-reference identifiers from the EPSG ecosystem. In practical package graphs it often appears near libtiff, PROJ, GDAL, rasterio, and other geospatial tooling.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
applygeo | cli | global executable | |
geotifcp | cli | global executable | |
listgeo | 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 version1.7.4
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiffnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libgeotiff |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libgeotiff |
| Homepage | https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff |
| Repository | https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/OSGeo/libgeotiff/releases/download/1.7.4/libgeotiff-1.7.4.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:05:17-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | jpeg-turbo, libtiff, proj |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, 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 | libgeotiff |
| 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
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Debian apt95%
geotiff-bin 1.7.4-1
GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library -- tools
sudo apt install geotiff-bin- Section: science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 3 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
Debian apt95%
libgeotiff-dev 1.7.4-1
GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library -- development files
sudo apt install libgeotiff-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
Debian apt95%
libgeotiff5 1.7.4-1
GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library -- run-time files
sudo apt install libgeotiff5- Section: libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 3 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
Nix95%
libgeotiff
nix profile install nixpkgs#libgeotiff- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
Ubuntu apt95%
geotiff-bin 1.7.1-5build1
GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library -- tools
sudo apt install geotiff-bin- Section: universe/science
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 3 dependencies
- 2 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
Ubuntu apt95%
libgeotiff-dev 1.7.1-5build1
GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library -- development files
sudo apt install libgeotiff-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
Ubuntu apt95%
libgeotiff5 1.7.1-5build1
GeoTIFF (geografic enabled TIFF) library -- run-time files
sudo apt install libgeotiff5- Section: universe/libs
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 3 dependencies
- 3 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
apk95%
libgeotiff 1.7.4-r0
TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery
https://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff
sudo apk add libgeotiff- License: Public-Domain
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
apk95%
libgeotiff-dev 1.7.4-r0
TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery (development files)
https://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff
sudo apk add libgeotiff-dev- License: Public-Domain
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
apk95%
libgeotiff-doc 1.7.4-r0
TIFF based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery (documentation)
https://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff
sudo apk add libgeotiff-doc- License: Public-Domain
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
dnf95%
libgeotiff 1.7.4-5.fc44
GeoTIFF format library
http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/
sudo dnf install libgeotiff- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
dnf95%
libgeotiff-devel 1.7.4-5.fc44
Development library and header for the GeoTIFF file format library
http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/
sudo dnf install libgeotiff-devel- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: i686
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
dnf95%
mingw32-libgeotiff 1.7.4-5.fc44
MinGW Windows libgeotiff library
http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/
sudo dnf install mingw32-libgeotiff- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
dnf95%
mingw32-libgeotiff-tools 1.7.4-5.fc44
Tools for the MinGW Windows libgeotiff library
http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/
sudo dnf install mingw32-libgeotiff-tools- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
dnf95%
mingw64-libgeotiff 1.7.4-5.fc44
MinGW Windows libgeotiff library
http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/
sudo dnf install mingw64-libgeotiff- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
dnf95%
mingw64-libgeotiff-tools 1.7.4-5.fc44
Tools for the MinGW Windows libgeotiff library
http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/
sudo dnf install mingw64-libgeotiff-tools- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: libgeotiff
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Libgeotiff
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