# Install netpbm with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Image manipulation. Version 11.02.23 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:netpbm
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install netpbm
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install netpbm
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/netpbm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add netpbm
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: netpbm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install netpbm
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: netpbm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install netpbm
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: netpbm 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#netpbm
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/netpbm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S netpbm
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: netpbm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libnetpbm-devel
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnetpbm-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:netpbm
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/netpbm>
- **Version:** 11.02.23
- **Source summary:** Image manipulation
- **Homepage:** <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/>
- **Repository:** <https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/stable>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:56+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- 411toppm (cli)
- anytopnm (cli)
- asciitopgm (cli)
- atktopbm (cli)
- avstopam (cli)
- bioradtopgm (cli)
- bmptopnm (cli)
- bmptoppm (cli)
- brushtopbm (cli)
- cameratopam (cli)
- cistopbm (cli)
- cmuwmtopbm (cli)
- ddbugtopbm (cli)
- escp2topbm (cli)
- eyuvtoppm (cli)
- fiascotopnm (cli)
- fitstopnm (cli)
- fstopgm (cli)
- g3topbm (cli)
- gemtopbm (cli)
- gemtopnm (cli)
- giftopnm (cli)
- gouldtoppm (cli)
- hdifftopam (cli)
- hipstopgm (cli)
- hpcdtoppm (cli)
- icontopbm (cli)
- ilbmtoppm (cli)
- imgtoppm (cli)
- infotopam (cli)
- jbigtopnm (cli)
- jpeg2ktopam (cli)
- jpegtopnm (cli)
- leaftoppm (cli)
- lispmtopgm (cli)
- macptopbm (cli)
- manweb (cli)
- mdatopbm (cli)
- mgrtopbm (cli)
- mrftopbm (cli)
- mtvtoppm (cli)
- neotoppm (cli)
- palmtopnm (cli)
- pamaddnoise (cli)
- pamaltsat (cli)
- pamarith (cli)
- pambackground (cli)
- pambayer (cli)
- pambrighten (cli)
- pamcat (cli)
- pamchannel (cli)
- pamcomp (cli)
- pamcrater (cli)
- pamcut (cli)
- pamdeinterlace (cli)
- pamdepth (cli)
- pamdice (cli)
- pamditherbw (cli)
- pamedge (cli)
- pamendian (cli)
- pamenlarge (cli)
- pamexec (cli)
- pamfile (cli)
- pamfind (cli)
- pamfix (cli)
- pamfixtrunc (cli)
- pamflip (cli)
- pamfunc (cli)
- pamgauss (cli)
- pamgetcolor (cli)
- pamgradient (cli)
- pamhomography (cli)
- pamhue (cli)
- pamlevels (cli)
- pamlookup (cli)
- pammasksharpen (cli)
- pammixinterlace (cli)
- pammixmulti (cli)
- pammosaicknit (cli)
- pamoil (cli)
- pampaintspill (cli)
- pamperspective (cli)
- pampick (cli)
- pampop9 (cli)
- pamrecolor (cli)
- pamrestack (cli)
- pamrgbatopng (cli)
- pamrubber (cli)
- pamscale (cli)
- pamseq (cli)
- pamshadedrelief (cli)
- pamsharpmap (cli)
- pamsharpness (cli)
- pamshuffle (cli)
- pamsistoaglyph (cli)
- pamslice (cli)
- pamsplit (cli)
- pamstack (cli)
- pamstereogram (cli)
- pamstretch (cli)
- pamstretch-gen (cli)
- pamsumm (cli)
- pamsummcol (cli)
- pamtable (cli)
- pamthreshold (cli)
- pamtilt (cli)
- pamtoavs (cli)
- pamtodjvurle (cli)
- pamtofits (cli)
- pamtogif (cli)
- pamtohdiff (cli)
- pamtohtmltbl (cli)
- pamtojpeg2k (cli)
- pamtompfont (cli)
- pamtooctaveimg (cli)
- pamtopam (cli)
- pamtopdbimg (cli)
- pamtopfm (cli)
- pamtopng (cli)
- pamtopnm (cli)
- pamtoqoi (cli)
- pamtosrf (cli)
- pamtosvg (cli)
- pamtotga (cli)
- pamtotiff (cli)
- pamtouil (cli)
- pamtowinicon (cli)
- pamtoxvmini (cli)
- pamtris (cli)
- pamundice (cli)
- pamunlookup (cli)
- pamvalidate (cli)
- pamwipeout (cli)
- pbmclean (cli)
- pbmlife (cli)
- pbmmake (cli)
- pbmmask (cli)
- pbmminkowski (cli)
- pbmnoise (cli)
- pbmpage (cli)
- pbmpscale (cli)
- pbmreduce (cli)
- pbmtext (cli)
- pbmtextps (cli)
- pbmto10x (cli)
- pbmto4425 (cli)
- pbmtoascii (cli)
- pbmtoatk (cli)
- pbmtobbnbg (cli)
- pbmtocis (cli)
- pbmtocmuwm (cli)
- pbmtodjvurle (cli)
- pbmtoepsi (cli)
- pbmtoepson (cli)
- pbmtoescp2 (cli)
- pbmtog3 (cli)
- pbmtogem (cli)
- pbmtogo (cli)
- pbmtoibm23xx (cli)
- pbmtoicon (cli)
- pbmtolj (cli)
- pbmtoln03 (cli)
- pbmtolps (cli)
- pbmtomacp (cli)
- pbmtomatrixorbital (cli)
- pbmtomda (cli)
- pbmtomgr (cli)
- pbmtomrf (cli)
- pbmtonokia (cli)
- pbmtopgm (cli)
- pbmtopi3 (cli)
- pbmtopk (cli)
- pbmtoplot (cli)
- pbmtoppa (cli)
- pbmtopsg3 (cli)
- pbmtoptx (cli)
- pbmtosunicon (cli)
- pbmtowbmp (cli)
- pbmtox10bm (cli)
- pbmtoxbm (cli)
- pbmtoybm (cli)
- pbmtozinc (cli)
- pbmupc (cli)
- pc1toppm (cli)
- pcdindex (cli)
- pcdovtoppm (cli)
- pcxtoppm (cli)
- pdbimgtopam (cli)
- pfmtopam (cli)
- pgmabel (cli)
- pgmbentley (cli)
- pgmcrater (cli)
- pgmdeshadow (cli)
- pgmedge (cli)
- pgmenhance (cli)
- pgmhist (cli)
- pgmkernel (cli)
- pgmmake (cli)
- pgmmedian (cli)
- pgmminkowski (cli)
- pgmmorphconv (cli)
- pgmnoise (cli)
- pgmnorm (cli)
- pgmoil (cli)
- pgmramp (cli)
- pgmslice (cli)
- pgmtexture (cli)
- pgmtofs (cli)
- pgmtolispm (cli)
- pgmtopbm (cli)
- pgmtopgm (cli)
- pgmtoppm (cli)
- pgmtosbig (cli)
- pgmtost4 (cli)
- pi1toppm (cli)
- pi3topbm (cli)
- picttoppm (cli)
- pjtoppm (cli)
- pktopbm (cli)
- pngtopam (cli)
- pngtopnm (cli)
- pnmalias (cli)
- pnmarith (cli)
- pnmcat (cli)
- pnmcolormap (cli)
- pnmcomp (cli)
- pnmconvol (cli)
- pnmcrop (cli)
- pnmcut (cli)
- pnmdepth (cli)
- pnmenlarge (cli)
- pnmfile (cli)
- pnmflip (cli)
- pnmgamma (cli)
- pnmhisteq (cli)
- pnmhistmap (cli)
- pnmindex (cli)
- pnminterp (cli)
- pnminterp-gen (cli)
- pnminvert (cli)
- pnmmargin (cli)
- pnmmercator (cli)
- pnmmontage (cli)
- pnmnlfilt (cli)
- pnmnoraw (cli)
- pnmnorm (cli)
- pnmpad (cli)
- pnmpaste (cli)
- pnmpsnr (cli)
- pnmquant (cli)
- pnmquantall (cli)
- pnmremap (cli)
- pnmrotate (cli)
- pnmscale (cli)
- pnmscalefixed (cli)
- pnmshear (cli)
- pnmsmooth (cli)
- pnmsplit (cli)
- pnmstitch (cli)
- pnmtile (cli)
- pnmtoddif (cli)
- pnmtofiasco (cli)
- pnmtofits (cli)
- pnmtojbig (cli)
- pnmtojpeg (cli)
- pnmtopalm (cli)
- pnmtopclxl (cli)
- pnmtoplainpnm (cli)
- pnmtopng (cli)
- pnmtopnm (cli)
- pnmtops (cli)
- pnmtorast (cli)
- pnmtorle (cli)
- pnmtosgi (cli)
- pnmtosir (cli)
- pnmtotiff (cli)
- pnmtotiffcmyk (cli)
- pnmtoxwd (cli)
- ppm3d (cli)
- ppmbrighten (cli)
- ppmchange (cli)
- ppmcie (cli)
- ppmcolormask (cli)
- ppmcolors (cli)
- ppmdcfont (cli)
- ppmddumpfont (cli)
- ppmdim (cli)
- ppmdist (cli)
- ppmdither (cli)
- ppmdmkfont (cli)
- ppmdraw (cli)
- ppmfade (cli)
- ppmflash (cli)
- ppmforge (cli)
- ppmglobe (cli)
- ppmhist (cli)
- ppmlabel (cli)
- ppmmake (cli)
- ppmmix (cli)
- ppmnorm (cli)
- ppmntsc (cli)
- ppmpat (cli)
- ppmquant (cli)
- ppmquantall (cli)
- ppmrainbow (cli)
- ppmrelief (cli)
- ppmrough (cli)
- ppmshadow (cli)
- ppmshift (cli)
- ppmspread (cli)
- ppmtoacad (cli)
- ppmtoapplevol (cli)
- ppmtoarbtxt (cli)
- ppmtoascii (cli)
- ppmtobmp (cli)
- ppmtoeyuv (cli)
- ppmtogif (cli)
- ppmtoicr (cli)
- ppmtoilbm (cli)
- ppmtojpeg (cli)
- ppmtoleaf (cli)
- ppmtolj (cli)
- ppmtomap (cli)
- ppmtomitsu (cli)
- ppmtompeg (cli)
- ppmtoneo (cli)
- ppmtopcx (cli)
- ppmtopgm (cli)
- ppmtopi1 (cli)
- ppmtopict (cli)
- ppmtopj (cli)
- ppmtopjxl (cli)
- ppmtoppm (cli)
- ppmtopuzz (cli)
- ppmtorgb3 (cli)
- ppmtosixel (cli)
- ppmtospu (cli)
- ppmtoterm (cli)
- ppmtotga (cli)
- ppmtouil (cli)
- ppmtowinicon (cli)
- ppmtoxpm (cli)
- ppmtoyuv (cli)
- ppmtoyuvsplit (cli)
- ppmtv (cli)
- ppmwheel (cli)
- psidtopgm (cli)
- pstopnm (cli)
- qoitopam (cli)
- qrttoppm (cli)
- rasttopnm (cli)
- rawtopgm (cli)
- rawtoppm (cli)
- rgb3toppm (cli)
- rlatopam (cli)
- rletopnm (cli)
- sbigtopgm (cli)
- sgitopnm (cli)
- sirtopnm (cli)
- sldtoppm (cli)
- spctoppm (cli)
- spottopgm (cli)
- sputoppm (cli)
- srftopam (cli)
- st4topgm (cli)
- sunicontopnm (cli)
- svgtopam (cli)
- tgatoppm (cli)
- thinkjettopbm (cli)
- tifftopnm (cli)
- wbmptopbm (cli)
- winicontopam (cli)
- winicontoppm (cli)
- xbmtopbm (cli)
- ximtoppm (cli)
- xpmtoppm (cli)
- xvminitoppm (cli)
- xwdtopnm (cli)
- ybmtopbm (cli)
- yuvsplittoppm (cli)
- yuvtoppm (cli)
- yuy2topam (cli)
- zeisstopnm (cli)
- 411toppm (alias)
- anytopnm (alias)
- asciitopgm (alias)
- atktopbm (alias)
- avstopam (alias)
- bioradtopgm (alias)
- bmptopnm (alias)
- bmptoppm (alias)
- brushtopbm (alias)
- cameratopam (alias)
- cistopbm (alias)
- cmuwmtopbm (alias)
- ddbugtopbm (alias)
- escp2topbm (alias)
- eyuvtoppm (alias)
- fiascotopnm (alias)
- fitstopnm (alias)
- fstopgm (alias)
- g3topbm (alias)
- gemtopbm (alias)
- gemtopnm (alias)
- giftopnm (alias)
- gouldtoppm (alias)
- hdifftopam (alias)
- hipstopgm (alias)
- hpcdtoppm (alias)
- icontopbm (alias)
- ilbmtoppm (alias)
- imgtoppm (alias)
- infotopam (alias)
- jbigtopnm (alias)
- jpeg2ktopam (alias)
- jpegtopnm (alias)
- leaftoppm (alias)
- lispmtopgm (alias)
- macptopbm (alias)
- manweb (alias)
- mdatopbm (alias)
- mgrtopbm (alias)
- mrftopbm (alias)
- mtvtoppm (alias)
- neotoppm (alias)
- palmtopnm (alias)
- pamaddnoise (alias)
- pamaltsat (alias)
- pamarith (alias)
- pambackground (alias)
- pambayer (alias)
- pambrighten (alias)
- pamcat (alias)
- pamchannel (alias)
- pamcomp (alias)
- pamcrater (alias)
- pamcut (alias)
- pamdeinterlace (alias)
- pamdepth (alias)
- pamdice (alias)
- pamditherbw (alias)
- pamedge (alias)
- pamendian (alias)
- pamenlarge (alias)
- pamexec (alias)
- pamfile (alias)
- pamfind (alias)
- pamfix (alias)
- pamfixtrunc (alias)
- pamflip (alias)
- pamfunc (alias)
- pamgauss (alias)
- pamgetcolor (alias)
- pamgradient (alias)
- pamhomography (alias)
- pamhue (alias)
- pamlevels (alias)
- pamlookup (alias)
- pammasksharpen (alias)
- pammixinterlace (alias)
- pammixmulti (alias)
- pammosaicknit (alias)
- pamoil (alias)
- pampaintspill (alias)
- pamperspective (alias)
- pampick (alias)
- pampop9 (alias)
- pamrecolor (alias)
- pamrestack (alias)
- pamrgbatopng (alias)
- pamrubber (alias)
- pamscale (alias)
- pamseq (alias)
- pamshadedrelief (alias)
- pamsharpmap (alias)
- pamsharpness (alias)
- pamshuffle (alias)
- pamsistoaglyph (alias)
- pamslice (alias)
- pamsplit (alias)
- pamstack (alias)
- pamstereogram (alias)
- pamstretch (alias)
- pamstretch-gen (alias)
- pamsumm (alias)
- pamsummcol (alias)
- pamtable (alias)
- pamthreshold (alias)
- pamtilt (alias)
- pamtoavs (alias)
- pamtodjvurle (alias)
- pamtofits (alias)
- pamtogif (alias)
- pamtohdiff (alias)
- pamtohtmltbl (alias)
- pamtojpeg2k (alias)
- pamtompfont (alias)
- pamtooctaveimg (alias)
- pamtopam (alias)
- pamtopdbimg (alias)
- pamtopfm (alias)
- pamtopng (alias)
- pamtopnm (alias)
- pamtoqoi (alias)
- pamtosrf (alias)
- pamtosvg (alias)
- pamtotga (alias)
- pamtotiff (alias)
- pamtouil (alias)
- pamtowinicon (alias)
- pamtoxvmini (alias)
- pamtris (alias)
- pamundice (alias)
- pamunlookup (alias)
- pamvalidate (alias)
- pamwipeout (alias)
- pbmclean (alias)
- pbmlife (alias)
- pbmmake (alias)
- pbmmask (alias)
- pbmminkowski (alias)
- pbmnoise (alias)
- pbmpage (alias)
- pbmpscale (alias)
- pbmreduce (alias)
- pbmtext (alias)
- pbmtextps (alias)
- pbmto10x (alias)
- pbmto4425 (alias)
- pbmtoascii (alias)
- pbmtoatk (alias)
- pbmtobbnbg (alias)
- pbmtocis (alias)
- pbmtocmuwm (alias)
- pbmtodjvurle (alias)
- pbmtoepsi (alias)
- pbmtoepson (alias)
- pbmtoescp2 (alias)
- pbmtog3 (alias)
- pbmtogem (alias)
- pbmtogo (alias)
- pbmtoibm23xx (alias)
- pbmtoicon (alias)
- pbmtolj (alias)
- pbmtoln03 (alias)
- pbmtolps (alias)
- pbmtomacp (alias)
- pbmtomatrixorbital (alias)
- pbmtomda (alias)
- pbmtomgr (alias)
- pbmtomrf (alias)
- pbmtonokia (alias)
- pbmtopgm (alias)
- pbmtopi3 (alias)
- pbmtopk (alias)
- pbmtoplot (alias)
- pbmtoppa (alias)
- pbmtopsg3 (alias)
- pbmtoptx (alias)
- pbmtosunicon (alias)
- pbmtowbmp (alias)
- pbmtox10bm (alias)
- pbmtoxbm (alias)
- pbmtoybm (alias)
- pbmtozinc (alias)
- pbmupc (alias)
- pc1toppm (alias)
- pcdindex (alias)
- pcdovtoppm (alias)
- pcxtoppm (alias)
- pdbimgtopam (alias)
- pfmtopam (alias)
- pgmabel (alias)
- pgmbentley (alias)
- pgmcrater (alias)
- pgmdeshadow (alias)
- pgmedge (alias)
- pgmenhance (alias)
- pgmhist (alias)
- pgmkernel (alias)
- pgmmake (alias)
- pgmmedian (alias)
- pgmminkowski (alias)
- pgmmorphconv (alias)
- pgmnoise (alias)
- pgmnorm (alias)
- pgmoil (alias)
- pgmramp (alias)
- pgmslice (alias)
- pgmtexture (alias)
- pgmtofs (alias)
- pgmtolispm (alias)
- pgmtopbm (alias)
- pgmtopgm (alias)
- pgmtoppm (alias)
- pgmtosbig (alias)
- pgmtost4 (alias)
- pi1toppm (alias)
- pi3topbm (alias)
- picttoppm (alias)
- pjtoppm (alias)
- pktopbm (alias)
- pngtopam (alias)
- pngtopnm (alias)
- pnmalias (alias)
- pnmarith (alias)
- pnmcat (alias)
- pnmcolormap (alias)
- pnmcomp (alias)
- pnmconvol (alias)
- pnmcrop (alias)
- pnmcut (alias)
- pnmdepth (alias)
- pnmenlarge (alias)
- pnmfile (alias)
- pnmflip (alias)
- pnmgamma (alias)
- pnmhisteq (alias)
- pnmhistmap (alias)
- pnmindex (alias)
- pnminterp (alias)
- pnminterp-gen (alias)
- pnminvert (alias)
- pnmmargin (alias)
- pnmmercator (alias)
- pnmmontage (alias)
- pnmnlfilt (alias)
- pnmnoraw (alias)
- pnmnorm (alias)
- pnmpad (alias)
- pnmpaste (alias)
- pnmpsnr (alias)
- pnmquant (alias)
- pnmquantall (alias)
- pnmremap (alias)
- pnmrotate (alias)
- pnmscale (alias)
- pnmscalefixed (alias)
- pnmshear (alias)
- pnmsmooth (alias)
- pnmsplit (alias)
- pnmstitch (alias)
- pnmtile (alias)
- pnmtoddif (alias)
- pnmtofiasco (alias)
- pnmtofits (alias)
- pnmtojbig (alias)
- pnmtojpeg (alias)
- pnmtopalm (alias)
- pnmtopclxl (alias)
- pnmtoplainpnm (alias)
- pnmtopng (alias)
- pnmtopnm (alias)
- pnmtops (alias)
- pnmtorast (alias)
- pnmtorle (alias)
- pnmtosgi (alias)
- pnmtosir (alias)
- pnmtotiff (alias)
- pnmtotiffcmyk (alias)
- pnmtoxwd (alias)
- ppm3d (alias)
- ppmbrighten (alias)
- ppmchange (alias)
- ppmcie (alias)
- ppmcolormask (alias)
- ppmcolors (alias)
- ppmdcfont (alias)
- ppmddumpfont (alias)
- ppmdim (alias)
- ppmdist (alias)
- ppmdither (alias)
- ppmdmkfont (alias)
- ppmdraw (alias)
- ppmfade (alias)
- ppmflash (alias)
- ppmforge (alias)
- ppmglobe (alias)
- ppmhist (alias)
- ppmlabel (alias)
- ppmmake (alias)
- ppmmix (alias)
- ppmnorm (alias)
- ppmntsc (alias)
- ppmpat (alias)
- ppmquant (alias)
- ppmquantall (alias)
- ppmrainbow (alias)
- ppmrelief (alias)
- ppmrough (alias)
- ppmshadow (alias)
- ppmshift (alias)
- ppmspread (alias)
- ppmtoacad (alias)
- ppmtoapplevol (alias)
- ppmtoarbtxt (alias)
- ppmtoascii (alias)
- ppmtobmp (alias)
- ppmtoeyuv (alias)
- ppmtogif (alias)
- ppmtoicr (alias)
- ppmtoilbm (alias)
- ppmtojpeg (alias)
- ppmtoleaf (alias)
- ppmtolj (alias)
- ppmtomap (alias)
- ppmtomitsu (alias)
- ppmtompeg (alias)
- ppmtoneo (alias)
- ppmtopcx (alias)
- ppmtopgm (alias)
- ppmtopi1 (alias)
- ppmtopict (alias)
- ppmtopj (alias)
- ppmtopjxl (alias)
- ppmtoppm (alias)
- ppmtopuzz (alias)
- ppmtorgb3 (alias)
- ppmtosixel (alias)
- ppmtospu (alias)
- ppmtoterm (alias)
- ppmtotga (alias)
- ppmtouil (alias)
- ppmtowinicon (alias)
- ppmtoxpm (alias)
- ppmtoyuv (alias)
- ppmtoyuvsplit (alias)
- ppmtv (alias)
- ppmwheel (alias)
- psidtopgm (alias)
- pstopnm (alias)
- qoitopam (alias)
- qrttoppm (alias)
- rasttopnm (alias)
- rawtopgm (alias)
- rawtoppm (alias)
- rgb3toppm (alias)
- rlatopam (alias)
- rletopnm (alias)
- sbigtopgm (alias)
- sgitopnm (alias)
- sirtopnm (alias)
- sldtoppm (alias)
- spctoppm (alias)
- spottopgm (alias)
- sputoppm (alias)
- srftopam (alias)
- st4topgm (alias)
- sunicontopnm (alias)
- svgtopam (alias)
- tgatoppm (alias)
- thinkjettopbm (alias)
- tifftopnm (alias)
- wbmptopbm (alias)
- winicontopam (alias)
- winicontoppm (alias)
- xbmtopbm (alias)
- ximtoppm (alias)
- xpmtoppm (alias)
- xvminitoppm (alias)
- xwdtopnm (alias)
- ybmtopbm (alias)
- yuvsplittoppm (alias)
- yuvtoppm (alias)
- yuy2topam (alias)
- zeisstopnm (alias)

## Dependencies

- jasper
- jpeg-turbo
- libpng
- libtiff

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf

## Uses from macOS

- libxml2

## 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: 11.02.23
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

Netpbm is a long-running Unix graphics toolkit and programming library built around simple portable raster formats: PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM, and later PAM. Its documentation describes more than 330 separate programs, usually small command-line building blocks that are most powerful when stacked in pipelines.

### Project history

The official history says Jef Poskanzer invented PBM in the 1980s as a simple bitmap lingua franca that could survive plain-text email transport. In 1988 he distributed Pbmplus, collecting PBM conversion tools; by the end of 1988 he had added PGM, PPM, and many more tools.

The same history says Pbmplus' final release was on 1991-12-10, Netpbm was developed in 1993 as a replacement maintained over the Net, and Bryan Henderson assumed responsibility in September 1999. The project moved home to SourceForge in April 2000, added 2-byte sample support in April 2000, introduced PAM in August 2000, and reorganized the package in June 2002 as Release 10.

### Adoption history

Netpbm's adoption comes from being a portable conversion substrate. The manual says the package has converters for about 100 graphics formats and lets users perform more graphics format conversions than any other computer graphics facility. That made it a natural dependency or fallback in scripts, build systems, TeX/document workflows, web image processing, and older Unix graphics environments.

Homebrew's 2026-07-01 formula API reported 276,750 installs in 365 days, but only 46,538 install-on-request events in that same period. That gap is a strong package signal: Netpbm is often pulled as a dependency, not only installed directly by users.

### How it is used

Typical use is pipeline composition: convert into a Netpbm format, transform, then convert out. The official manual gives examples such as `pngtopam file.png | pnmtojpeg > file.jpg`, `pamscale` for resizing, `pamcomp` for overlaying, `pbmtext` for text images, and `pnmquant` for color reduction.

Package nerds use Netpbm because its tools are scriptable, stable, and small. When a GUI image editor or modern heavyweight converter is too much, Netpbm gives predictable stdin/stdout programs that fit Makefiles, shell loops, and old Unix assumptions.

### Why package nerds care

Netpbm is one of the classic examples of Unix philosophy applied to graphics: many small commands, simple interchange formats, and pipes over monolithic UI. It is also historically important because PBM/PGM/PPM remain easy-to-write test image formats for programs that need raster fixtures.

### Timeline

- 1980s: Jef Poskanzer invented PBM.
- 1988: Pbmplus was distributed; PGM and PPM were added by the end of the year.
- 1991-12-10: final Pbmplus release date named by the official history.
- 1993: Netpbm was developed to replace Pbmplus.
- 1999-09: Bryan Henderson assumed control and responsibility for Netpbm.
- 2000-04: Netpbm moved to SourceForge and documented 2-byte sample support.
- 2000-08: PAM appeared.
- 2002-06: Release 10 reorganized Netpbm into a single monolithic package.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew API reported 276,750 installs over 365 days.

### Related projects

- Pbmplus
- ImageMagick
- GraphicsMagick
- GIMP plugins
- PBM
- PGM
- PPM
- PAM

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/netpbm.json>
- <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/>
- <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/history.html>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** netpbm
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Conflicts With:** jbigkit
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - netpbm - 2:11.10.02-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: netpbm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Graphics conversion tools between image formats | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- Nix - netpbm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/netpbm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - netpbm - 2:11.05.02-1.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: netpbm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Graphics conversion tools between image formats | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- apk - netpbm - 11.14.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: netpbm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- apk - netpbm-dev - 11.14.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: netpbm-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images (development files) | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- apk - netpbm-doc - 11.14.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: netpbm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images (documentation) | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- apk - netpbm-extras - 11.14.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: netpbm-extras from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images (perl scripts) | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- apk - netpbm-static - 11.14.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: netpbm-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images (static library) | https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - netpbm - 11.14-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: netpbm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A library for handling different graphics file formats | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - netpbm-devel - 11.14-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: netpbm-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 netpbm libraries | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - netpbm-doc - 11.14-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: netpbm-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for tools manipulating graphics files in netpbm supported formats | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - netpbm-progs - 11.14-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: netpbm-progs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Tools for manipulating graphics files in netpbm supported formats | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- pacman - netpbm - 10.86.49-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: netpbm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A toolkit for manipulation of graphic images | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - libnetpbm-devel - 11.14.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnetpbm-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Header files for the NetPBM libraries | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - libnetpbm11 - 11.14.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnetpbm11 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Libraries for the NetPBM (NetPortableBitmap) Graphic Formats | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - libnetpbm11-32bit - 11.14.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnetpbm11-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Libraries for the NetPBM (NetPortableBitmap) Graphic Formats | http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/


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- [gegl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gegl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, graphics, image-processing, media.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/netpbm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/netpbm.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