# Install libtiff with Homebrew, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper TIFF library and utilities. Version 4.7.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libtiff ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libtiff ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libtiff ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtiff 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#libtiff ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libtiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libtiff ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libtiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libtiff6 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtiff6 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libtiff - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.7.2 - **Source summary:** TIFF library and utilities - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** libtiff - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T12:59:18Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - fax2ps (cli) - fax2tiff (cli) - pal2rgb (cli) - ppm2tiff (cli) - raw2tiff (cli) - tiff2bw (cli) - tiff2pdf (cli) - tiff2ps (cli) - tiff2rgba (cli) - tiffcmp (cli) - tiffcp (cli) - tiffcrop (cli) - tiffdither (cli) - tiffdump (cli) - tiffinfo (cli) - tiffmedian (cli) - tiffset (cli) - tiffsplit (cli) - fax2ps (alias) - fax2tiff (alias) - pal2rgb (alias) - ppm2tiff (alias) - raw2tiff (alias) - tiff2bw (alias) - tiff2pdf (alias) - tiff2ps (alias) - tiff2rgba (alias) - tiffcmp (alias) - tiffcp (alias) - tiffcrop (alias) - tiffdither (alias) - tiffdump (alias) - tiffinfo (alias) - tiffmedian (alias) - tiffset (alias) - tiffsplit (alias) ## Dependencies - jpeg-turbo - webp - xz - zstd ## 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: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 4.7.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-08 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://libtiff.gitlab.io/libtiff/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage LibTIFF is the long-running C library and utility suite for reading, writing, inspecting, and transforming TIFF images. It is one of the durable image-format dependencies that quietly sits under scanning, publishing, GIS, scientific-imaging, and document workflows. ### Project history The LibTIFF license and README preserve the original authorship line: copyright 1988-1997 Sam Leffler and 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics. The project documentation describes a library for reading and writing TIFF images plus a collection of tools for manipulating TIFF files. The project moved through several hosting eras. The README points users to libtiff.gitlab.io and simplesystems.org documentation, OSGeo downloads, and the GitLab source repository, while noting that older Bugzilla issues were migrated to GitLab. A major evolution point was LibTIFF 4.0.0, whose release notes document BigTIFF support and 64-bit offset work. BigTIFF addressed classic TIFF's 32-bit-offset limit by defining a 64-bit larger-than-4GB TIFF variant. ### Adoption history LibTIFF became standard infrastructure because TIFF itself remained common in archival, print, fax, geospatial, and scientific image data. The input metadata shows packaging in Homebrew, Fedora, Nix, Arch, and openSUSE, and the upstream docs emphasize portability across Unix-like systems and Windows. The tool set also helped adoption: utilities such as tiffinfo, tiffdump, tiffcp, tiffset, and tiffsplit make the package useful even when no application links the library directly. Upstream's 4.6.0 and 4.7.0 notes about archiving and restoring tools show how much packagers notice the command-line surface. ### How it is used Developers link libtiff to read and write TIFF image data, inspect directories and tags, and handle compression and multi-image files. Users and packagers also rely on the bundled tools for metadata inspection, conversion, splitting, copying, and repair-style workflows. Because TIFF is a container-like image format with many tags, compression modes, and historical edge cases, LibTIFF often serves as the shared compatibility layer instead of each application implementing the format independently. ### Why package nerds care LibTIFF is the sort of dependency package managers keep sharp because so many unrelated tools inherit its parser and utilities. Security fixes, format-corner-case behavior, and command availability can affect image viewers, document converters, GIS tools, scanner stacks, and scientific pipelines. Its history also tracks format evolution: classic TIFF, BigTIFF, long-lived command-line utilities, and a project migration from older web infrastructure to GitLab-backed documentation and issue tracking. ### Timeline - 1988: Sam Leffler copyright begins for LibTIFF. - 1991: Silicon Graphics copyright begins, marking the SGI era of the project. - 2011: LibTIFF 4.0.0 release notes document BigTIFF support and 64-bit offset changes. - 2023: LibTIFF 4.6.0 moves many older tools to archived or unsupported source categories and stops building them by default. - 2024: LibTIFF 4.7.0 restores the removed tools to the default build. - 2025: The documentation copyright line reaches 1988-2025 for LibTIFF contributors. ### Related projects - TIFF 6.0 and BigTIFF are the core file-format specifications around LibTIFF. ImageMagick, GDAL, scanning software, document converters, and many image viewers commonly sit nearby in distribution dependency graphs. ### 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:** libtiff - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - libtiff: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libtiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - dnf - libtiff - 4.7.1-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtiff from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Library of functions for manipulating TIFF format image files | http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ - dnf - libtiff-devel - 4.7.1-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtiff-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development tools for programs which will use the libtiff library | http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ - dnf - libtiff-static - 4.7.1-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtiff-static from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Static TIFF image format file library | http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ - dnf - libtiff-tools - 4.7.1-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libtiff-tools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Command-line utility programs for manipulating TIFF files | http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ - pacman - libtiff - 4.7.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libtiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Library for manipulation of TIFF images | http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/ - zypper - libtiff6 - 4.7.1-5.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libtiff6 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The Tiff Library (with JPEG and compression support) | https://libtiff.gitlab.io/libtiff/ ## 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. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - 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