How To Install python-yappy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-yappy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-yappy is Yet Another Parser Generator for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-yappy on Debian 10.

What is python-yappy

python-yappy is:

Yappy provides a lexical analyser and a LR parser generator for Python applications. It currently builds SLR, LR(1) and LALR(1) tables. Tables are kept in Python shelves for use in parsing. Some ambiguous grammars can be handled if priority and associativity information is provided.

There are three methods to install python-yappy on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-yappy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-yappy

Install python-yappy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-yappy

Install python-yappy 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 python-yappy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-yappy

How To Uninstall python-yappy on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-yappy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-yappy

Uninstall python-yappy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-yappy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-yappy

Remove python-yappy Configurations and Data

To remove python-yappy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-yappy

Remove python-yappy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-yappy

Dependencies

python-yappy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-yappy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.