How To Install antlr3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr3 on Debian 9.
What is antlr3
antlr3 is:
ANTLR, ANother Tool for Language Recognition, (formerly PCCTS) is a language tool that provides a framework for constructing recognizers, compilers, and translators from grammatical descriptions containing C++ or Java actions [You can use PCCTS 1.xx to generate C-based parsers].
Computer language translation has become a common task. While compilers and tools for traditional computer languages (such as C or Java) are still being built, their number is dwarfed by the thousands of mini-languages for which recognizers and translators are being developed. Programmers construct translators for database formats, graphical data files (e.g., PostScript, AutoCAD), text processing files (e.g., HTML, SGML). ANTLR is designed to handle all of your translation tasks.
There are three methods to install antlr3 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install antlr3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install antlr3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install antlr3
Install antlr3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install antlr3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install antlr3
Install antlr3 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 antlr3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install antlr3
How To Uninstall antlr3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the antlr3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove antlr3
Uninstall antlr3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall antlr3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove antlr3
Remove antlr3 Configurations and Data
To remove antlr3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge antlr3
Remove antlr3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove antlr3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antlr3
Dependencies
antlr3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.