How To Install jison on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jison on Debian 11.
What is jison
jison is:
Jison generates bottom-up parsers in JavaScript. Its API is similar to Bison’s, hence the name. It supports many of Bison’s major features, plus some of its own.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install jison 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 jison Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jison using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jison
Install jison Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jison using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jison
Install jison 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 jison using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jison
How To Uninstall jison on Debian 11
To uninstall only the jison package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jison
Uninstall jison And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jison and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jison
Remove jison Configurations and Data
To remove jison configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jison
Remove jison configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jison configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jison
Dependencies
jison have the following dependencies:
- node-cjson
- node-ebnf-parser
- node-escodegen
- node-esprima
- node-jison-lex
- node-jsonselect
- node-lex-parser
- node-nomnom
- nodejs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jison package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
