How To Install ml-burg on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ml-burg on Debian 11. ml-burg is Code generator for Standard ML

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ml-burg on Debian 11.

What is ml-burg

ml-burg is:

ml-burg generates a Standard ML program to perform bottom-up rewriting of an input tree. Cost information associated with each rewrite rule is used to derive the minimum rewrite cost for the entire tree. A successful reduction corresponds to rewriting the input tree to a special non-terminal symbol called the “start” non-terminal. Upon successful reduction, facilities are provided to walk the tree emitting semantic actions corresponding to the rules that matched.

Install this package if you want to write a compiler in SML using a burg specification.

There are three methods to install ml-burg on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ml-burg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ml-burg

Install ml-burg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ml-burg

Install ml-burg 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 ml-burg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ml-burg

How To Uninstall ml-burg on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ml-burg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ml-burg

Uninstall ml-burg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ml-burg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ml-burg

Remove ml-burg Configurations and Data

To remove ml-burg configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ml-burg

Remove ml-burg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ml-burg

Dependencies

ml-burg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ml-burg package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.