ghidra_installer
June 23, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Helper scripts to set up OpenJDK 21 and scale Ghidra for 4K on Ubuntu, Fedora and macOS. The script will automatically detect available versions for downloading at https://ghidra-sre.org.
If a Ghidra zip file (ghidra_*.zip) is already present in the current directory, the script will use that local archive instead of downloading the latest release.
Supported platforms
- Ubuntu / Debian
- Fedora
- macOS (Homebrew)
To install ghidra :
~$ git clone https://github.com/bkerler/ghidra_installer
~$ cd ghidra_installer
~/ghidra_installer$ ./install-ghidra.sh
or doing it manually :
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Grab and install ghidra from https://ghidra-sre.org or https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
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Install OpenJDK 21
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To run :
~$ ghidra