# Install libiptcdata with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Virtual package provided by libiptcdata0. Version 1.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libiptcdata ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libiptcdata ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libiptcdata ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/libiptcdata/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libiptcdata ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiptcdata from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libiptcdata-bin ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libiptcdata-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libiptcdata ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libiptcdata 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#libiptcdata ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libiptcdata/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libiptcdata ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libiptcdata from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libiptcdata ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libiptcdata from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libiptcdata - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.5 - **Source summary:** Virtual package provided by libiptcdata0 - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:32:36-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - iptc (cli) - iptc (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext ## 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: 1.0.5 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage libiptcdata is a small C library and command-line utility for reading, editing, and saving IPTC metadata in multimedia files, especially JPEG images. It packages the older IPTC Information Interchange Model metadata world into a Unix-friendly library, CLI, and bindings. ### Project history The project website describes libiptcdata as David Moore's portable C library for IPTC metadata, with an iptc command-line utility and Python bindings. The README says the implementation follows the IPTC Information Interchange Model and was inspired by libexif, pairing EXIF metadata support with IPTC metadata support for image files. The IPTC standards page says the Information Interchange Model was approved in 1991, frozen in 1997, and still used mainly through IPTC fields for photo metadata. libiptcdata arrived in that long tail of IIM usage, with version 0.1.0 released on March 1, 2005 and version 1.0.0 announced on March 21, 2007 after the API had remained stable for months. ### Adoption history The project news records early desktop-adjacent adoption work: a March 2005 gThumb patch for JPEG comments and categories, and a March 2006 KDE kfile integration that let KDE applications use IPTC metadata. Later releases added Windows build support, internationalization improvements, Python binding fixes, and compatibility changes for Picasa. ### How it is used Users most often encounter libiptcdata through the iptc command, photo-management integrations, or libraries that need to inspect or update captions, keywords, copyright fields, and other IPTC datasets embedded in JPEG files. The README notes that direct raw IPTC decoding can be used beyond JPEG when an application supplies the data. ### Why package nerds care The package is significant because it preserves a focused C implementation of legacy photo metadata handling without pulling in a full image-management application. For distributions, it is a tiny but useful bridge between libexif-era tooling and older IPTC/IIM metadata that still appears in archives and photo workflows. ### Timeline - 1991: IPTC approved version 1 of the Information Interchange Model. - 1997: IPTC froze major IIM development, with later use centered largely on photo metadata fields. - 2005-03-01: libiptcdata 0.1.0 was released as the first project release. - 2007-03-21: libiptcdata 1.0.0 was announced with Python bindings and a stable API. - 2009-06-05: libiptcdata 1.0.4 added an Italian translation and packaging fixes. - 2017-04-29: The GitHub mirror records the 1.0.5 version bump. ### Related projects - Related projects include libexif, which inspired the code structure; IPTC IIM and IPTC Photo Metadata standards; gThumb and KDE kfile integrations; and metadata tools that read EXIF, IPTC, and XMP side by side. ### 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:** libiptcdata - **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 - libiptcdata-bin - 1.0.5-2.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiptcdata-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (programs) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Debian apt - libiptcdata-doc - 1.0.5-2.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiptcdata-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (documentation) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Debian apt - libiptcdata0 - 1.0.5-2.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiptcdata0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library to parse IPTC metadata | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Debian apt - libiptcdata0-dbg - 1.0.5-2.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiptcdata0-dbg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (debug files) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Debian apt - libiptcdata0-dev - 1.0.5-2.4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libiptcdata0-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (development files) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Nix - libiptcdata: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libiptcdata/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libiptcdata-bin - 1.0.5-2.3ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiptcdata-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (programs) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Ubuntu apt - libiptcdata-doc - 1.0.5-2.3ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiptcdata-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (documentation) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Ubuntu apt - libiptcdata0 - 1.0.5-2.3ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiptcdata0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library to parse IPTC metadata | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Ubuntu apt - libiptcdata0-dbg - 1.0.5-2.3ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiptcdata0-dbg from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (debug files) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - Ubuntu apt - libiptcdata0-dev - 1.0.5-2.3ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiptcdata0-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library to parse IPTC metadata (development files) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - apk - libiptcdata - 1.0.5-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiptcdata from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | libiptcdata is a C library for manipulating IPTC metadata within multimedia | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - apk - libiptcdata-dev - 1.0.5-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiptcdata-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | libiptcdata is a C library for manipulating IPTC metadata within multimedia (development files) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - apk - libiptcdata-doc - 1.0.5-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libiptcdata-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | libiptcdata is a C library for manipulating IPTC metadata within multimedia (documentation) | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - dnf - libiptcdata - 1.0.5-25.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libiptcdata from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | IPTC tag library | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata - dnf - libiptcdata-devel - 1.0.5-25.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libiptcdata-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Headers and libraries for libiptcdata application development | https://github.com/ianw/libiptcdata ## 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/) - 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. - [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched package manager, installer, dependency, registry, or publishing metadata. - 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[bwfmetaedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bwfmetaedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, metadata. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/libiptcdata.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/libiptcdata.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