How To Install glean-parser on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install glean-parser on Ubuntu 22.04. glean-parser is Parser tools for Mozillas Glean telemetry

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glean-parser on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is glean-parser

glean-parser is:

Contains various utilities for handling metrics.yaml and pings.yaml for the Glean SDK. This includes producing generated code for various integrations, linting and coverage testing.

There are three methods to install glean-parser on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install glean-parser Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install glean-parser

Install glean-parser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install glean-parser

Install glean-parser 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install glean-parser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glean-parser

How To Uninstall glean-parser on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the glean-parser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glean-parser

Uninstall glean-parser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall glean-parser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glean-parser

Remove glean-parser Configurations and Data

To remove glean-parser configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge glean-parser

Remove glean-parser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glean-parser

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glean-parser package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.