# Install libwpd with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper General purpose library for reading WordPerfect files. Version 0.10.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libwpd ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libwpd ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libwpd ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwpd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libwpd-0.10-10 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libwpd-0.10-10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libwpd ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwpd 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#libwpd ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: libwpd from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libwpd ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libwpd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libwpd-0_10-10 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libwpd-0_10-10 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libwpd - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.10.3 - **Source summary:** General purpose library for reading WordPerfect files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MPL-2.0 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:53+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - wpd2html (cli) - wpd2raw (cli) - wpd2text (cli) - wpd2html (alias) - wpd2raw (alias) - wpd2text (alias) ## Dependencies - glib - libgsf - librevenge ## Build dependencies - boost - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.10.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://libwpd.sourceforge.net/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage libwpd is a C++ library for reading WordPerfect documents, packaged because it turns an old proprietary office format into something Unix tools and office suites can import. ### Project history The project appeared on SourceForge with libwpd 0.1 published on 2002-11-07, then moved quickly through parser releases during 2003 and 2004. Its own site describes the library as a callback-based processor for WordPerfect documents, a shape that made it usable inside larger document import pipelines rather than only as a standalone converter. The 0.9.0 release on 2010-11-16 was described by the project as the result of more than five years of development and as a non-backward-compatible line. That release added or improved handling for page numbering, embedded images, text boxes, password-protected documents, annotations, Unicode mappings, and HTML conversion details. ### Adoption history libwpd's adoption came through office suites and conversion tools rather than end-user branding. The project lists LibreOffice, AbiWord, OpenOffice.org, and KOffice among users, and its command-line tools such as wpd2html and wpd2text gave packagers a simple way to expose the same parser outside a GUI suite. In the Document Liberation Project framing, libwpd belongs to a family of reverse-engineered import libraries that grew around LibreOffice and related FOSS office tools, with an explicit goal of freeing user documents from proprietary file-format lock-in. ### How it is used On package-managed systems, libwpd is normally installed as a shared library plus small inspection or conversion utilities. Users encounter it indirectly when LibreOffice or AbiWord opens a WordPerfect file, while maintainers and archivists use the CLI tools for batch conversion and regression testing. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, libwpd is one of the classic examples of a small import-filter library that keeps an obsolete proprietary format alive in modern distributions. It is also a dependency that explains why office-suite builds often pull in a cluster of document-liberation libraries that look obscure until someone hands you a decades-old WPD file. ### Timeline - 2002-11-07: libwpd 0.1 published on SourceForge. - 2005-02-24: libwpd 0.8.0 release line appears in the SourceForge file archive. - 2010-11-16: libwpd 0.9.0 released after more than five years of development. - 2014-05-23: libwpd 0.10.0 published in the SourceForge file archive. - 2014-04: The Document Liberation Project was created as a home for related file-format import libraries. ### Related projects - Related projects include writerperfect, libodfgen, librevenge, LibreOffice, AbiWord, OpenOffice.org, KOffice, and the broader Document Liberation Project family. ### 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:** libwpd - **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 - libwpd-0.10-10 - 0.10.3-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwpd-0.10-10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library for handling WordPerfect documents (shared library) - Debian apt - libwpd-dev - 0.10.3-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwpd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library for handling WordPerfect documents (development) - Debian apt - libwpd-doc - 0.10.3-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwpd-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library for handling WordPerfect documents (documentation) - Debian apt - libwpd-tools - 0.10.3-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libwpd-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools from libwpd for converting WordPerfect to HTML/RAW/Text - Nix - libwpd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: libwpd from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - libwpd-0.10-10 - 0.10.3-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwpd-0.10-10 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library for handling WordPerfect documents (shared library) - Ubuntu apt - libwpd-dev - 0.10.3-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwpd-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library for handling WordPerfect documents (development) - Ubuntu apt - libwpd-doc - 0.10.3-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwpd-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library for handling WordPerfect documents (documentation) - Ubuntu apt - libwpd-tools - 0.10.3-2build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libwpd-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tools from libwpd for converting WordPerfect to HTML/RAW/Text - apk - libwpd - 0.10.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwpd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for WordPerfect Documents | https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/ - apk - libwpd-dev - 0.10.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwpd-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for WordPerfect Documents (development files) | https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/ - apk - libwpd-doc - 0.10.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwpd-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for WordPerfect Documents (documentation) | https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/ - apk - libwpd-tools - 0.10.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libwpd-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Import filter and tools for WordPerfect Documents | https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/ - dnf - libwpd - 0.10.3-24.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwpd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A library for import of WordPerfect documents | http://libwpd.sf.net/ - dnf - libwpd-devel - 0.10.3-24.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwpd-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Files for developing with libwpd | http://libwpd.sf.net/ - dnf - libwpd-doc - 0.10.3-24.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libwpd-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation of libwpd API | http://libwpd.sf.net/ ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - 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[combined/libwpd.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/libwpd.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