# javacc mit Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für javacc in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:javacc
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install javacc
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install javacc
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: java/javacc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install javacc
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: javacc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install javacc
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javacc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#javacc
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install javacc
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:javacc
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 7.0.13
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Parser generator for use with Java applications
- **Homepage:** <https://javacc.github.io/javacc/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/javacc/javacc>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:03:48-07:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- javacc (Alias)
- jjdoc (Alias)
- jjtree (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 7.0.13
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

JavaCC, the Java Compiler Compiler, is a parser generator and lexical-analyzer generator for Java applications. It reads grammar specifications and emits recursive-descent parsers, with companion tools such as JJTree for syntax trees and JJDoc for grammar documentation.

### Projektgeschichte

The JavaCC repository says the project was originally developed at Sun Microsystems by Sreeni Viswanadha and Sriram Sankar. The long-running version 7 repository represents the classic Java-focused line, while the version 8 work separates the parser core from language generators and adds C++ and C# generator targets.

The project documentation positions JavaCC as a top-down parser generator rather than a yacc-style bottom-up generator. Its generated parsers are pure Java and do not require JavaCC at runtime, a design choice that helped it fit naturally into Java build and distribution workflows.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The JavaCC README describes an estimated user base above 1,000 users and more than 100,000 downloads, and lists production users such as Apache ActiveMQ, Avro, Calcite, Camel, Jena, Lucene, Tomcat, ZooKeeper, and JavaParser. The package metadata in the input shows distribution through Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Developers write .jj or .jjt grammar files, run javacc or jjtree, and compile the generated Java sources into their application. The tool supports EBNF constructs, LL(k) lookahead, lexical states, Unicode-aware lexical specs, debug options, and a documentation generator for grammars.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

JavaCC is a classic compiler-construction package: small on the command line, large in influence. It appears in source trees as generated parser code, in build systems as a grammar-generation step, and in package managers as a standalone toolchain dependency for projects that prefer Java-native parser generation over ANTLR or yacc-family tools.

### Zeitleiste

- 1990s: JavaCC originates at Sun Microsystems.
- 2000s: JavaCC becomes a common Java parser generator in open-source and commercial Java projects.
- 2023: JavaCC 7.0.13 is released from the classic repository.
- 2026: JavaCC 8.1.0 is released from the v8 umbrella repository.

### Related projects

- JavaCC is closely related to JJTree, JJDoc, JavaCC 8, ANTLR, yacc-style parser generators, Apache Lucene, Apache Tomcat, Apache Calcite, Apache Jena, and JavaParser.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/javacc/javacc>
- <https://github.com/javacc/javacc-8>
- <https://javacc.github.io/javacc/>
- <https://javacc.github.io/javacc/documentation>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - javacc - 7.0.13-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: javacc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Parser generator for use with Java | https://javacc.org
- Debian apt - javacc-doc - 7.0.13-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: javacc-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for the JavaCC Parser Generator | https://javacc.org
- Nix - javacc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ja/javacc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - javacc - 7.0.12-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: javacc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Parser generator for use with Java | https://javacc.org
- Ubuntu apt - javacc-doc - 7.0.12-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: javacc-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for the JavaCC Parser Generator | https://javacc.org
- dnf - javacc - 7.0.13-11.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javacc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A parser/scanner generator for java | https://javacc.org/
- dnf - javacc-demo - 7.0.13-11.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javacc-demo from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Examples for javacc | https://javacc.org/
- dnf - javacc-manual - 7.0.13-11.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: javacc-manual from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Manual for javacc | https://javacc.org/
- zypper - javacc - 7.0.13-2.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: javacc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A Parser and Scanner Generator for Java | https://javacc.org
- zypper - javacc-demo - 7.0.13-2.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: javacc-demo from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Examples for javacc | https://javacc.org
- zypper - javacc-javadoc - 7.0.13-2.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: javacc-javadoc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Javadoc for javacc | https://javacc.org
- zypper - javacc-manual - 7.0.13-2.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: javacc-manual from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Manual for javacc | https://javacc.org
- MacPorts - javacc: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: java/javacc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/javacc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/javacc.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph