# Install mercury

Logic/functional programming language. Version 22.01.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mercury
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mercury
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install mercury
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/mercury/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add mercury
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mercury from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#mercury
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install lua-lmod
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lua-lmod from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Alex313031.Mercury -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Alex313031.Mercury from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:mercury
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mercury>
- **Version:** 22.01.8
- **Source summary:** Logic/functional programming language
- **Homepage:** <https://mercurylang.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Mercury-Language/mercury>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://mercurylang.org/documentation/documentation.html>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only AND MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://dl.mercurylang.org/release/mercury-srcdist-22.01.8.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- c2init (cli)
- canonical_grade (cli)
- info_to_mdb (cli)
- mcov (cli)
- mdb (cli)
- mdemangle (cli)
- mdice (cli)
- mdprof (cli)
- mdprof_cgi (cli)
- mdprof_create_feedback (cli)
- mdprof_dump (cli)
- mdprof_report_feedback (cli)
- mdprof_test (cli)
- mercury (cli)
- mercury_compile (cli)
- mercury_config (cli)
- mercury_profile (cli)
- mercury_update_interface (cli)
- mfiltercc (cli)
- mfilterjavac (cli)
- mgnuc (cli)
- mkfifo_using_mknod (cli)
- mkinit (cli)
- ml (cli)
- mmake (cli)
- mmc (cli)
- mprof (cli)
- mprof_merge_runs (cli)
- mslice (cli)
- mtags (cli)
- mtc (cli)
- mtc_diff (cli)
- mtc_union (cli)
- prepare_install_dir (cli)
- vpath_find (cli)
- c2init (alias)
- canonical_grade (alias)
- info_to_mdb (alias)
- mcov (alias)
- mdb (alias)
- mdemangle (alias)
- mdice (alias)
- mdprof (alias)
- mdprof_cgi (alias)
- mdprof_create_feedback (alias)
- mdprof_dump (alias)
- mdprof_report_feedback (alias)
- mdprof_test (alias)
- mercury (alias)
- mercury_compile (alias)
- mercury_config (alias)
- mercury_profile (alias)
- mercury_update_interface (alias)
- mfiltercc (alias)
- mfilterjavac (alias)
- mgnuc (alias)
- mkfifo_using_mknod (alias)
- mkinit (alias)
- ml (alias)
- mmake (alias)
- mmc (alias)
- mprof (alias)
- mprof_merge_runs (alias)
- mslice (alias)
- mtags (alias)
- mtc (alias)
- mtc_diff (alias)
- mtc_union (alias)
- prepare_install_dir (alias)
- vpath_find (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## macOS Provided Libraries

- libedit

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 22.01.8
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://mercurylang.org/
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mercury
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - mercury: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/mercury/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - mercury - 22.01.8-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mercury from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Compiler for the Mercury language | https://www.mercurylang.org
- apk - mercury-doc - 22.01.8-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mercury-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Compiler for the Mercury language (documentation) | https://www.mercurylang.org
- apk - mercury-libs - 22.01.8-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mercury-libs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Mercury shared library (libraries) | https://www.mercurylang.org
- MacPorts - mercury: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/mercury/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Alex313031.Mercury: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Alex313031.Mercury from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- MacPorts - ml: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: math/ml/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - lua-lmod - 8.7.55-4.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lua-lmod from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Lua-based Environment Modules used in HPC | https://github.com/TACC/Lmod


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
