# 使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 verapdf

查看 verapdf 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:verapdf
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install verapdf
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#verapdf
```

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

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:verapdf
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/verapdf>
- **版本:** 1.30.2
- **来源摘要:** Open-source industry-supported PDF/A validation
- **主页:** <https://verapdf.org/home/>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-apps>
- **上游文档:** <https://docs.verapdf.org/>
- **许可证:** GPL-3.0-or-later OR MPL-2.0
- **源码归档:** <https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-apps/archive/refs/tags/v1.30.2.tar.gz>
- **最后更新:** 2026-06-03T13:58:30Z
- **已生成:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## 可执行文件

- verapdf (cli)
- verapdf-gui (cli)
- verapdf (别名)
- verapdf-gui (别名)

## 依赖

- openjdk

## 构建依赖

- maven

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-07-08
- 管理器版本: 1.30.2
- 管理器更新时间: 2026-06-03
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-apps
- 检测到的最新版本: v1.30.2 (当前)
## 项目历史与用法

veraPDF is an open-source, industry-supported validator for PDF/A and related PDF conformance work. It is used by archives, memory institutions, preservation workflows, vendors, and automated pipelines that need machine-readable evidence that PDF files conform to long-term preservation standards.

### 项目历史

The veraPDF consortium was led by the Open Preservation Foundation and the PDF Association to produce a validator accepted by the PDF technology industry. The project grew out of the EU-funded PREFORMA procurement program, which pushed for open, transparent conformance checking for preservation file formats.

A first public prototype appeared in 2015 as a proof of concept rather than a complete validator. Version 1.0 was released in January 2017, validating all parts and conformance levels of ISO 19005 PDF/A and beginning the next PREFORMA testing and acceptance phase.

After PREFORMA funding ended in 2017, veraPDF moved into long-term stewardship by the Open Preservation Foundation, with Dual Lab providing active maintenance and user support. That maintenance model is a major part of the project's significance: PDF/A validation needs continuity because archives preserve documents for decades.

### 采用历史

veraPDF became a reference tool in digital preservation because it addressed a gap: institutions needed an open validator whose rules could be inspected, discussed, and aligned with PDF Association technical working-group decisions. The Library of Congress and digital-preservation tool catalogs describe it as a tool and library for validating PDF/A against ISO 19005 parts and profiles.

Its audience includes memory institutions, digital repositories, vendors, and batch-processing workflows. Unlike GUI-only PDF tools, veraPDF's CLI and machine-readable reports make it usable in ingest pipelines, repository QA, and continuous validation jobs.

### 使用方式

The Homebrew package exposes `verapdf` for command-line validation and `verapdf-gui` for interactive use. CLI users run it over one or many PDFs, choose report formats such as XML, JSON, HTML, text, or raw output, and use flavor/profile options to select the conformance target.

Beyond PDF/A validation, veraPDF includes feature extraction and a policy checker. Institutions can express local policy checks over PDF features, which lets the tool support preservation QA decisions that go beyond a strict pass/fail reading of the PDF/A standard.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

veraPDF is package-manager significant because it turns a standards and preservation problem into a reproducible local command. That is exactly what archivists, CI pipelines, and repository operators need when validation must be repeatable and auditable.

### 时间线

- 2014-2015: veraPDF is initiated through PREFORMA-backed open-source preservation work.
- July 2015: The first public prototype is released.
- January 2017: veraPDF 1.0 ships with coverage for PDF/A parts and conformance levels.
- 2017 onward: OPF sustains and maintains the project after PREFORMA funding ends.
- 2020s: veraPDF continues as part of OPF's reference toolset and expands maintenance releases for validation, policy checking, and CLI workflows.

### Related projects

- veraPDF is related to PDFBox Preflight, Adobe Acrobat Preflight, JHOVE, DROID, Siegfried, and other digital-preservation validation tools. Its distinctive role is open, industry-backed PDF/A validation tied closely to PDF standards work.

### 来源

- <https://docs.verapdf.org/cli/>
- <https://docs.verapdf.org/cli/config/>
- <https://openpreservation.org/news/verapdf-1-0-released/>
- <https://pdfa.org/verapdf-1-0-ships-acceptance-testing-begins/>
- <https://verapdf.org/home/>
- <https://verapdf.org/news/>
- <https://verapdf.org/project/>
- <https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000318.shtml>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: <veraPDF-install-path>/config, ~/verapdf/config
## 源数据库详情

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

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - verapdf: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ve/verapdf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - verapdf-gui: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ve/verapdf-gui/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## 相关链接

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [maven](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/maven/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [mediaconch](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/mediaconch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conformance, media, validation.
- [img2pdf](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/img2pdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf.
- [mkvalidator](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/mkvalidator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, validation.
- [mp3val](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/mp3val/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, validation.
- [mpck](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/mpck/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, validation.
- [podofo](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/podofo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf.
- [poppler](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/poppler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf.
- [dspdfviewer](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/dspdfviewer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, pdf.

## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- 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
