How To Install esnacc-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install esnacc-doc on Debian 9. esnacc-doc is ASN.1 to C or C++ or IDL compiler, documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install esnacc-doc on Debian 9.

What is esnacc-doc

esnacc-doc is:

esnacc is short for “Enhanced Sample Neufeld ASN.1 to C Compiler” and ASN.1 stands for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ITU-T X.208/ISO 8824). Snacc supports a subset of ASN.1 1988.

The documentation for snacc in PDF format.

There are three methods to install esnacc-doc 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 esnacc-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install esnacc-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install esnacc-doc

Install esnacc-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install esnacc-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install esnacc-doc

Install esnacc-doc 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 esnacc-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install esnacc-doc

How To Uninstall esnacc-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the esnacc-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove esnacc-doc

Uninstall esnacc-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall esnacc-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove esnacc-doc

Remove esnacc-doc Configurations and Data

To remove esnacc-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge esnacc-doc

Remove esnacc-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove esnacc-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esnacc-doc

Dependencies

esnacc-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install esnacc-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.