How To Install rexical on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rexical on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is rexical
rexical is:
Rexical is a lexical scanner generator that is used with Racc to generate Ruby programs. Rexical is written in Ruby.
Racc is a LALR(1) parser generator that is also written in Ruby.
There are three methods to install rexical 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 rexical Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rexical using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rexical
Install rexical Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rexical using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rexical
Install rexical 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 rexical using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rexical
How To Uninstall rexical on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the rexical package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rexical
Uninstall rexical And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rexical and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rexical
Remove rexical Configurations and Data
To remove rexical configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rexical
Remove rexical configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rexical configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rexical
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rexical package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
