How To Install byacc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install byacc on Debian 9.
What is byacc
byacc is:
This package provides a parser generator utility that reads a grammar specification from a file and generates an LR(1) parser for it. The parsers consist of a set of LALR(1) parsing tables and a driver routine written in the C programming language. It has a public domain license which includes the generated C.
There are three methods to install byacc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install byacc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install byacc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install byacc
Install byacc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install byacc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install byacc
Install byacc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install byacc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install byacc
How To Uninstall byacc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the byacc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove byacc
Uninstall byacc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall byacc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove byacc
Remove byacc Configurations and Data
To remove byacc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge byacc
Remove byacc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove byacc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge byacc
Dependencies
byacc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install byacc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
