# Install libwbxml with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix Library and tools to parse and encode WBXML documents. Version 0.11.10 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libwbxml ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libwbxml ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libwbxml ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwbxml from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libwbxml ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwbxml 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#libwbxml ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libwbxml/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libwbxml - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.11.10 - **Source summary:** Library and tools to parse and encode WBXML documents - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - wbxml2xml (cli) - xml2wbxml (cli) - wbxml2xml (alias) - xml2wbxml (alias) ## Dependencies - wget ## Build dependencies - cmake - doxygen - graphviz - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - expat ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.11.10 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml - Upstream latest detected: libwbxml-0.11.10 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage libwbxml is a C library and tool set for parsing, encoding, and converting WBXML, the WAP Binary XML format. It occupies a narrow but useful compatibility niche for mobile-era protocols and systems that stored XML-like data in compact binary form. ### Project history The WBXML format was defined by the WAP Forum; the WAP-192-WBXML Version 1.3 specification is dated 2001-07-25 and describes a tokenized binary XML content format with public identifiers, string tables, tag code pages, attributes, entities, opaque data, and example encodings. The libwbxml README describes the library as a WBXML parser, internal tree representation, and encoder, with high-level conversion between WBXML and XML. SourceForge records the project as registered on 2008-11-20 and says the historical SourceForge pages remain because development and releases previously happened there before migration to GitHub. ### Adoption history libwbxml is not a broad end-user package; it is infrastructure for software that must still read or write WBXML. Its adoption follows protocol compatibility needs around WAP, SyncML-style data, and other compact XML exchanges rather than fashion-driven developer uptake. ### How it is used The package provides the wbxml2xml and xml2wbxml tools and a library API. Developers use it to convert archived or protocol-level WBXML documents to readable XML, generate WBXML from XML, or embed WBXML parsing in C applications. ### Why package nerds care libwbxml is package archaeology with a purpose: it keeps a once-important mobile-web binary XML format decodable on modern systems. Its value is less about new development and more about letting package managers preserve tools for old protocols, tests, and data migrations. ### Timeline - 2001-07-25: WAP Forum releases WBXML Version 1.3 specification material. - 2008-11-20: SourceForge records the libwbxml project registration. - 2024-06-06: SourceForge marks the project as available on GitHub, with SourceForge retained for historical development and release context. ### Related projects - Related technologies include WAP, WML, SyncML-family data exchange, Expat for XML parsing, and other XML-to-binary or compact protocol encodings from the mobile-web era. ### 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:** libwbxml - **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 - Nix - libwbxml: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libwbxml/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - libwbxml - 0.11.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwbxml from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A library to encode and decode WBXML (WAP Binary XML). | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml - apk - libwbxml-dev - 0.11.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwbxml-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A library to encode and decode WBXML (WAP Binary XML). (development files) | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml - apk - libwbxml-doc - 0.11.10-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwbxml-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A library to encode and decode WBXML (WAP Binary XML). (documentation) | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml - dnf - libwbxml - 0.11.10-6.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwbxml from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Library and tools to parse, encode and handle WBXML documents | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml - dnf - libwbxml-devel - 0.11.10-6.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwbxml-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files of libwbxml | https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [wget](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wget/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [doxygen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doxygen/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [graphviz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/graphviz/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [expat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/expat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, parser, xml. - [libxml2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxml2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, parser, xml. - [castxml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/castxml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml. - [itstool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/itstool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml. - [jing-trang](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jing-trang/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml. - [libslax](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libslax/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml. - [libxslt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxslt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml. - [rnv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rnv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, xml. - [csvprintf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/csvprintf/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. 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