---
name: "pbmtoicon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netpbm"
version: "10.86.51-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pbmtoicon"
---

# pbmtoicon(1)

replaced by pbmtosunicon

## NAME

pbmtoicon - replaced by pbmtosunicon

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtoicon** \[*iconfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is part of **Netpbm**(1) .

**pbmtoicon** was obsoleted by [**pbmtosunicon**(1)](/pbmtosunicon/1.md) , introduced with Netpbm 10.53 (December 2010).  **pbmtosunicon** is backward compatible with **pbmtoicon**, plus adds additional functions, including the ability to convert a Depth=8 Sun icon, producing a PGM image.

Starting in Release 10.53, **pbmtoicon** is just an alias for **pbmtosunicon**.

The point of the name change is that there are many kinds of icons in the world besides Sun icons, and in 2010, the Sun variety isn't even common.

In releases before 10.53, you can use the **pbmtosunicon** documentation for **pbmtoicon**, as long as you recognize that any change the **pbmtosunicon** manual says happened in or after Netpbm 10.53 doesn't apply to **pbmtoicon**.

## DOCUMENT SOURCE

This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master documentation is at

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  **http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoicon.html**