How To Install javacc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install javacc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is javacc
javacc is:
Java Compiler-Compiler (JavaCC) is (according to sun) “the most popular parser generator” for use with Java [tm] applications.
A parser generator is a tool that reads a grammar specification and converts it to a Java program that can recognize matches to the grammar. In addition to the parser generator itself, JavaCC provides other standard capabilities related to parser generation such as tree building (via a tool called JJTree included with JavaCC), actions, debugging, etc.
There are three methods to install javacc
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 javacc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install javacc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install javacc
Install javacc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install javacc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install javacc
Install javacc 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 javacc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install javacc
How To Uninstall javacc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the javacc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove javacc
Uninstall javacc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall javacc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove javacc
Remove javacc Configurations and Data
To remove javacc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge javacc
Remove javacc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove javacc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge javacc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install javacc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.