---
name: "dbtoepub"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dbtoepub"
version: "0+svn9904-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbtoepub"
---

# dbtoepub(1)

convert DocBook XML to .epub

## NAME

dbtoepub - convert DocBook XML to .epub

## SYNOPSIS

**dbtoepub** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*DocBook Files*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dbtoepub** converts DocBook \<book\> and \<article\>s into .epub files.

The .epub format is defined by the IDPF at *http://www.idpf.org* and is made up of 3 standards:

- •

  Open Publication Structure (OPS)

- •

  Open Packaging Format (OPF)

- •

  Open Container Format (OCF)

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --css *FILE***

  Use *FILE* for CSS on generated XHTML.

- **-d, --debug**

  Show debugging output (enables verbose output too).

- **-f, --font *FILE***

  Embed OTF *FILE* in .epub.

- **-h, --help**

  Display usage info.

- **-o, --output *FILE***

  Output ePub file as *FILE*.

- **-s, --stylesheet *FILE***

  Use the XSL *FILE* as a customization layer (default */usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl/epub/docbook.xsl*).

- **-v, --verbose**

  Make output verbose.

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by **Daniel** **Leidert** \<daniel.leidert@wgdd.de\> but may be used by others.