How To Install libbison-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbison-dev on Debian 9. libbison-dev is YACC-compatible parser generator - development library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbison-dev on Debian 9.

What is libbison-dev

libbison-dev is:

Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a grammar description for an LALR(1) context-free grammar into a C program to parse that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you may use it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages.

This package provides the liby.a file including functions needed by yacc parsers.

There are three methods to install libbison-dev 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 libbison-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbison-dev

Install libbison-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbison-dev

Install libbison-dev 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 libbison-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbison-dev

How To Uninstall libbison-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libbison-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbison-dev

Uninstall libbison-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbison-dev

Remove libbison-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbison-dev

Remove libbison-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbison-dev

Dependencies

libbison-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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