# Install libxslt with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, chocolatey C XSLT library for GNOME. Version 1.1.45 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:libxslt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install libxslt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install libxslt ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/libxslt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add libxslt ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libxslt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install libxslt1-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: libxslt1-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install libxslt ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libxslt 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#libxslt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libxslt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S libxslt ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: libxslt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libexslt0 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libexslt0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install xsltproc ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: xsltproc from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','wiztree' ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:libxslt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1.45 - **Source summary:** C XSLT library for GNOME - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** X11 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - xslt-config (cli) - xsltproc (cli) - xslt-config (alias) - xsltproc (alias) ## Dependencies - libgcrypt - libgpg-error - libxml2 ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: To allow the nokogiri gem to link against this libxslt run: gem install nokogiri -- --with-xslt-dir=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/libxslt - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 1.1.45 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage libxslt is the GNOME XSLT C library, built on libxml2 and packaged with xsltproc, the small command-line transformer that made XSLT practical in Unix pipelines, documentation builds, and application installers. ### Project history Daniel Veillard wrote libxslt for the GNOME project. The GNOME-hosted reference manual describes it as the XSLT C library developed for GNOME, based on libxml2, and implementing much of EXSLT alongside XSLT processing. Veillard announced libxslt 1.0.0 on July 10, 2001 as the first stable release of the GNOME XSLT library. The announcement said it implemented the XSLT 1.0 constructs, included common extensions, provided an extension framework, and shipped xsltproc with profiling support. ### Adoption history The 1.0.0 announcement framed DocBook processing as an early adoption path: GNOME and KDE documentation were named as target users, and KDE, GNOME, AxKit, and other projects were thanked for reuse and patches. That put libxslt directly into the XML documentation toolchain culture of early-2000s free software. The NEWS file shows the library settling into long-term maintenance after the early GNOME/XML push, with portability work, EXSLT fixes, Windows build support, lxml-facing exported symbols in 2009, and security fixes across later releases. ### How it is used Package users usually meet libxslt through xsltproc, build-time documentation generation, language bindings, or applications that need an embeddable C XSLT engine rather than a JVM or browser runtime. Its tight pairing with libxml2 made it a standard dependency for XML-heavy C, Python, and desktop software stacks. ### Why package nerds care libxslt is one of those quiet infrastructure packages that explains why so many old source builds can turn DocBook XML into man pages, HTML, or release documentation. Package nerds care because xsltproc is both a standalone CLI and a build dependency that leaks into dependency graphs far beyond visible XML applications. ### Timeline - 2001-07-10: Daniel Veillard announced libxslt 1.0.0 as the first stable GNOME XSLT library release. - 2003-11-04: libxslt 1.1.0 was released, according to the project NEWS file. - 2009-09-24: libxslt 1.1.26 exported xsltProcessOneNode for lxml. - 2017-11-02: libxslt 1.1.32 included portability and Windows test work. ### Related projects - libxml2 is the base XML C library underneath libxslt. EXSLT supplies many of the portable extension functions implemented by libxslt. xsltproc is the command-line face of the library, and DocBook toolchains are one of its historically important consumers. ### 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:** libxslt - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - libxslt1-dev - 1.1.35-1.2+deb13u3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxslt1-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | XSLT 1.0 processing library - development kit | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - Debian apt - libxslt1.1 - 1.1.35-1.2+deb13u3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libxslt1.1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | XSLT 1.0 processing library - runtime library | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - Debian apt - xsltproc - 1.1.35-1.2+deb13u3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: xsltproc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | XSLT 1.0 command line processor | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - Nix - libxslt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libxslt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - libxslt1-dev - 1.1.39-0exp1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxslt1-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | XSLT 1.0 processing library - development kit | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - Ubuntu apt - libxslt1.1 - 1.1.39-0exp1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxslt1.1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | XSLT 1.0 processing library - runtime library | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - Ubuntu apt - xsltproc - 1.1.39-0exp1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: xsltproc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | XSLT 1.0 command line processor | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - apk - libxslt - 1.1.43-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libxslt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | XML stylesheet transformation library | http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/ - apk - libxslt-dev - 1.1.43-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libxslt-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | XML stylesheet transformation library (development files) | http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/ - apk - libxslt-doc - 1.1.43-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libxslt-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | XML stylesheet transformation library (documentation) | http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/ - apk - libxslt-static - 1.1.43-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libxslt-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | XML stylesheet transformation library (static library) | http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/ - dnf - libxslt - 1.1.43-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libxslt from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Library providing the Gnome XSLT engine | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt - dnf - libxslt-devel - 1.1.43-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libxslt-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development libraries and header files for libxslt | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt - dnf - python3-libxslt - 1.1.43-7.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-libxslt from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python 3 bindings for libxslt | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt - pacman - libxslt - 1.1.45-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: libxslt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | XML stylesheet transformation library | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/wikis/home - zypper - libexslt0 - 1.1.45-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libexslt0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | EXSLT Library | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt ## Related links - 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