How To Install styx on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install styx on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is styx
styx is:
The package facilitates application development including user-defined context free languages.
Its development model deviates from the traditional lex/yacc pair (flex/bison in Debian) by automating tedious tasks which are commonly implemented in yacc’s actions.
Styx automatically derives a depth grammar, generates reentrant parsers that support persistent derivation trees, preserve full source information, support Unicode and are thread safe. Tag: devel::{code-generator,lang:c,lang:c++,lang:php,lang:c#}, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, works-with::software:source
There are three methods to install styx on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install styx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install styx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install styx
Install styx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install styx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install styx
Install styx 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 styx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install styx
How To Uninstall styx on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the styx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove styx
Uninstall styx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall styx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove styx
Remove styx Configurations and Data
To remove styx configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge styx
Remove styx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove styx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge styx
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install styx package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.