# Install libreadline-java with Homebrew, apt, zypper

Port of GNU readline for Java. Version 0.8.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install libreadline-java.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:libreadline-java
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install libreadline-java
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Ubuntu apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libreadline-java
```

  Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libreadline-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libreadline-java
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libreadline-java from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:libreadline-java
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libreadline-java>
- **Version:** 0.8.4
- **Source summary:** Port of GNU readline for Java
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/java-readline/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/aclemons/java-readline>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/java-readline/>
- **License:** LGPL-2.1-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/aclemons/java-readline/releases/download/v0.8.4/libreadline-java-0.8.4-src.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Dependencies

- openjdk
- readline

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: You may need to set JAVA_HOME: export JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home)"
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.8.4
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/aclemons/java-readline
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for libreadline-java. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** libreadline-java
- **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

- Ubuntu apt - libreadline-java - 0.8.0.1+dfsg-10build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libreadline-java from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU readline and BSD editline wrappers for Java | https://github.com/aclemons/java-readline
- zypper - libreadline-java - 0.8.3-6.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libreadline-java from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Java Wrapper for the EditLine Library | https://github.com/aclemons/java-readline
- zypper - libreadline-java-javadoc - 0.8.3-6.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libreadline-java-javadoc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Javadoc for libreadline-java | https://github.com/aclemons/java-readline


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- [openjdk](https://pkg.so/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [hexgui](https://pkg.so/brew/hexgui/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: openjdk.
- [asciidoctorj](https://pkg.so/brew/asciidoctorj/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: java, openjdk.
- [aspectj](https://pkg.so/brew/aspectj/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: java, openjdk.

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