# Install texi2html with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Convert TeXinfo files to HTML. Version 5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:texi2html
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install texi2html
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install texi2html
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/texi2html/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install texi2html
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: texi2html from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install texi2html
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: texi2html 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#texi2html
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/texi2html/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S texi2html
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: texi2html from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install texi2html
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: texi2html from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:texi2html
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/texi2html>
- **Version:** 5.0
- **Source summary:** Convert TeXinfo files to HTML
- **Homepage:** <https://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/>
- **Repository:** <https://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/texi2html>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/texi2html>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/texi2html/texi2html-5.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- texi2html (cli)
- texi2html (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 5.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

Texi2HTML is an older converter for turning Texinfo documents into HTML, historically useful for projects that maintained GNU-style manuals but wanted web-readable output.

### Project history

Official Savannah release archives show Texi2HTML tarballs from the 1.65 through 1.76 series uploaded in July 2005, followed by 1.78 in 2007, 1.80 and 1.82 in January 2009, and 5.0 in July 2010.

The NEWS-5.0 file records a broader formatter direction in 2010: the program could be called as makeinfo or texi2any, handled output formats including XML, DocBook, Info, HTML, and plaintext, and added new backends and compatibility changes.

### Adoption history

Texi2HTML predates the modern package-manager CLI wave and belongs to the Unix documentation toolchain era. Its adoption came from projects using Texinfo as the source format for manuals and needing generated HTML for websites or packaged documentation.

The batch input shows that even as an older tool it remains packaged across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, MacPorts, Nix, Arch/pacman, and openSUSE/zypper. That is typical of legacy documentation converters: rarely trendy, but preserved because old build systems still refer to them.

### How it is used

The core use is running texi2html against Texinfo sources to produce HTML. The 5.0 NEWS file also notes makeinfo-compatible invocation, texi2any invocation, and multiple output backends, which made it useful in documentation build pipelines.

Package users normally install it to satisfy build dependencies for older source packages, regenerate project manuals, or keep historical documentation workflows reproducible.

### Why package nerds care

Texi2HTML is package-nerd significant because it is part of the long tail of documentation infrastructure. It is the sort of converter that survives in package sets because removing it can break old manuals, ports, and source releases.

Its presence across many Unix package managers makes it a compatibility package: not a fashionable CLI, but a useful bridge between Texinfo source and generated web documentation.

### Timeline

- 2005: Savannah archive contains 1.65 through 1.76 release tarballs.
- 2007: Version 1.78 released.
- 2009: Versions 1.80 and 1.82 released.
- 2010: Version 5.0 released with makeinfo and texi2any invocation support and additional output backends.

### Related projects

- GNU Texinfo, makeinfo, texi2any, Info manuals, DocBook, XML output, plaintext manual generation, and legacy documentation build systems.

### Sources

- current_curation.docs
- <https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/texi2html/>
- <https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/texi2html/NEWS-5.0>
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** texi2html
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - texi2html - 1.82+dfsg1-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: texi2html from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Convert Texinfo files to HTML | http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html
- Nix - texi2html: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/texi2html/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - texi2html - 1.82+dfsg1-7: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: texi2html from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Convert Texinfo files to HTML | http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html
- dnf - texi2html - 5.0-26.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: texi2html from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A highly customizable texinfo to HTML and other formats translator | http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/
- pacman - texi2html - 5.0-8: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: texi2html from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Converts texinfo documents to HTML | https://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/
- zypper - texi2html - 5.0-6.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: texi2html from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Tool for converting texinfo documents to HTML | https://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/
- zypper - texi2html-lang - 5.0-6.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: texi2html-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package texi2html | https://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/
- MacPorts - texi2html: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/texi2html/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
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- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [go-md2man](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-md2man/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation.
- [html2markdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html2markdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, html.
- [html2text](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/html2text/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, html.
- [cvs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, gettext.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/texi2html.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/texi2html.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