# Install jena with Homebrew, chocolatey, Nix, winget, apk Framework for building semantic web and linked data apps. Version 6.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:jena ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install jena ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#arq ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/arq/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add rset ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rset from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install arq ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: arq from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='8.1972','png2ico' - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id HaystackSoftware.Arq -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: HaystackSoftware.Arq from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:jena - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 6.1.0 - **Source summary:** Framework for building semantic web and linked data apps - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:49-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - arq (cli) - infer (cli) - iri (cli) - jena (cli) - jena.version (cli) - juuid (cli) - langtag (cli) - nquads (cli) - ntriples (cli) - qparse (cli) - rdfcat (cli) - rdfcompare (cli) - rdfcopy (cli) - rdfdiff (cli) - rdfparse (cli) - rdfpatch (cli) - rdfxml (cli) - riot (cli) - rset (cli) - rsparql (cli) - rupdate (cli) - schemagen (cli) - shacl (cli) - shex (cli) - sparql (cli) - tdb1.xloader (cli) - tdb2.tdbbackup (cli) - tdb2.tdbcompact (cli) - tdb2.tdbdump (cli) - tdb2.tdbloader (cli) - tdb2.tdbquery (cli) - tdb2.tdbstats (cli) - tdb2.tdbupdate (cli) - tdb2.xloader (cli) - tdbloader (cli) - tdbloader2 (cli) - tdbquery (cli) - tdbstats (cli) - tdbupdate (cli) - trig (cli) - turtle (cli) - uparse (cli) - update (cli) - utf8 (cli) - wwwdec (cli) - wwwenc (cli) - xload-common (cli) - xload-data (cli) - xload-index (cli) - xload-main (cli) - arq (alias) - infer (alias) - iri (alias) - jena (alias) - jena.version (alias) - juuid (alias) - langtag (alias) - nquads (alias) - ntriples (alias) - qparse (alias) - rdfcat (alias) - rdfcompare (alias) - rdfcopy (alias) - rdfdiff (alias) - rdfparse (alias) - rdfpatch (alias) - rdfxml (alias) - riot (alias) - rset (alias) - rsparql (alias) - rupdate (alias) - schemagen (alias) - shacl (alias) - shex (alias) - sparql (alias) - tdb1.xloader (alias) - tdb2.tdbbackup (alias) - tdb2.tdbcompact (alias) - tdb2.tdbdump (alias) - tdb2.tdbloader (alias) - tdb2.tdbquery (alias) - tdb2.tdbstats (alias) - tdb2.tdbupdate (alias) - tdb2.xloader (alias) - tdbloader (alias) - tdbloader2 (alias) - tdbquery (alias) - tdbstats (alias) - tdbupdate (alias) - trig (alias) - turtle (alias) - uparse (alias) - update (alias) - utf8 (alias) - wwwdec (alias) - wwwenc (alias) - xload-common (alias) - xload-data (alias) - xload-index (alias) - xload-main (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 6.1.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://jena.apache.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Apache Jena is a Java framework and command-line toolkit for RDF, SPARQL, Linked Data, and Semantic Web work. In package-manager form it is notable for shipping a large family of RDF conversion, query, validation, and TDB tools as regular shell commands. ### Project history Jena began at HP Labs in Bristol, UK, in 2000. The project says it has always been open source and was used across Semantic Web applications and demonstrators before moving under Apache governance. After HP refocused direct development support in 2009, the project team applied for adoption by the Apache Software Foundation in November 2010. Jena entered Apache incubation that month and graduated as an Apache top-level project in April 2012. ### Adoption history Jena's adoption follows the standards history of RDF, OWL, and SPARQL. The official overview positions it as a framework aligned with W3C recommendations and as a toolkit with storage strategies, inference, and APIs, making it useful both inside Java applications and as a command-line RDF workbench. ### How it is used The package installs tools such as arq, riot, sparql, rsparql, rdfcat, rdfdiff, shacl, shex, and TDB utilities. That makes the formula useful for converting RDF syntaxes, running SPARQL queries, validating graphs, loading local triple stores, and scripting Linked Data maintenance without writing a Java wrapper. ### Why package nerds care Jena is interesting in package catalogs because one upstream project exposes both a mature Java library stack and a dense CLI surface. A single install gives shell users access to RDF parsers, SPARQL engines, SHACL and ShEx validators, and TDB tooling, so it behaves like a Semantic Web toolbox rather than a single binary. ### Timeline - 2000: Jena development started at HP Labs in Bristol, UK. - 2009: HP refocused direct development activity while remaining supportive of the project. - 2010: the project entered Apache incubation in November. - 2012: Jena graduated as an Apache top-level project in April. - 2013: the Apache GitHub repository was created. ### Related projects - ARQ is Jena's SPARQL query engine and appears in the package as the arq and sparql commands. - Apache Fuseki is the Jena SPARQL server component documented by the project. - TDB and TDB2 are Jena storage layers exposed through loader, query, update, backup, compact, dump, and stats commands. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for jena. Nucleus 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:** jena - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** pwntools, samba, tdb - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - arq: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/arq/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Nix - rset: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rs/rset/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - rset - 3.3-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rset from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Configure systems using any scripting language | https://scriptedconfiguration.org/ - apk - rset-doc - 3.3-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rset-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Configure systems using any scripting language (documentation) | https://scriptedconfiguration.org/ - Chocolatey - arq: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: arq from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='8.1972','png2ico' - winget - HaystackSoftware.Arq: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: HaystackSoftware.Arq from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [fuseki](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fuseki/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web, sparql. - [rasqal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rasqal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web, sparql. - [hdt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hdt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, linked-data, rdf, semantic-web. - [raptor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/raptor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web. - [redland](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/redland/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web. - [serd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/serd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web. - [sord](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sord/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web. - [fourstore](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fourstore/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, rdf, semantic-web, sparql. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/jena.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/jena.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph