How To Install cl-lexer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-lexer on Debian 9.
What is cl-lexer
cl-lexer is:
Implements a lexical-analyzer-generator called DEFLEXER, built on top of REGEX and CLAWK.
There are three methods to install cl-lexer 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 cl-lexer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-lexer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-lexer
Install cl-lexer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-lexer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-lexer
Install cl-lexer 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 cl-lexer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-lexer
How To Uninstall cl-lexer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cl-lexer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-lexer
Uninstall cl-lexer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-lexer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-lexer
Remove cl-lexer Configurations and Data
To remove cl-lexer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-lexer
Remove cl-lexer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-lexer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-lexer
Dependencies
cl-lexer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-lexer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
