# Install texi2mdoc with Homebrew, Nix Convert Texinfo data to mdoc input. Version 0.1.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:texi2mdoc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install texi2mdoc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#texi2mdoc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/texi2mdoc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:texi2mdoc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.2 - **Source summary:** Convert Texinfo data to mdoc input - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** ISC - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - texi2mdoc (cli) - texi2mdoc (alias) ## 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: 0.1.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/texi2mdoc/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage texi2mdoc is a small mandoc-family command-line converter for turning GNU Texinfo source into mdoc(7), the BSD manual-page macro language. Its history is closely tied to mandoc's effort to reduce dependence on groff-era documentation tooling in Unix package ecosystems. ### Project history The mandoc development history records work on texi2mdoc beginning on 2015-02-16, credited to Kristaps Dzonsons, as a converter from texinfo(5) to mdoc(7). The mandoc homepage later listed texi2mdoc alongside pod2mdoc and docbook2mdoc as companion utilities for translating non-mdoc documentation formats into native BSD manual markup. ### Adoption history texi2mdoc has remained a niche tool rather than a broad application platform. Its adoption is most visible in source-based packaging and documentation maintenance contexts where maintainers prefer checked-in mdoc manuals over generated Info files or heavier documentation build chains. ### How it is used Package maintainers use texi2mdoc when upstream documentation is written in Texinfo but the target distribution wants mdoc(7) manual pages that can be rendered and checked by mandoc. It sits in the same workflow family as pod2mdoc and docbook2mdoc: conversion first, then manual review and packaging. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, texi2mdoc matters because it bridges GNU-style Texinfo documentation and BSD-style manual-page culture. It is small, single-purpose, and useful when a port wants native manpages without carrying a large Texinfo runtime path. ### Timeline - 2015: mandoc development history records the start of texi2mdoc work as a texinfo(5) to mdoc(7) converter. - 2015 onward: texi2mdoc is distributed as a mandoc companion utility for documentation conversion. ### Related projects - mandoc provides the mdoc/man compiler and documentation-tooling context for texi2mdoc. - GNU Texinfo is the source documentation format texi2mdoc converts from. - pod2mdoc and docbook2mdoc are sibling conversion utilities in the mandoc ecosystem. ### Sources - - ## 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:** texi2mdoc - **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 - texi2mdoc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/te/texi2mdoc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [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. - [texi2html](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/texi2html/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation, documentation-conversion. - [docbook2x](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docbook2x/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation, texinfo. - [go-md2man](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-md2man/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation. - [htmldoc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/htmldoc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation. - [texinfo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/texinfo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, texinfo. - [xml2rfc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xml2rfc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation. - [xmltoman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xmltoman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, converter, developer-tools, documentation. - [action-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/texi2mdoc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/texi2mdoc.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