How To Install bnfc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bnfc on Debian 9.
What is bnfc
bnfc is:
The BNF Converter is a compiler construction tool that generates a compiler front-end and a readable syntax description document from a Labelled BNF grammar. It was originally written to generate Haskell, but it can now also be used for generating Java, C++, and C.
To process Haskell output, you need the Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compiler (virtual package ghc), the Happy parser generator (package happy) and the Alex scanner generator (package alex).
To process Java output, you need a Java compiler and virtual machine, the CUP parser generator (package cup) and the JLex scanner generator (package jlex).
To process C or C++ output, you need a C or C++ compiler, respectively, the Bison parser generator (package bison) and the flex scanner generator (package flex).
To process the generated documents, you need LaTeX (packages tetex-base, tetex-bin, etc.).
There are three methods to install bnfc 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 bnfc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bnfc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bnfc
Install bnfc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bnfc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bnfc
Install bnfc 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 bnfc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bnfc
How To Uninstall bnfc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bnfc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bnfc
Uninstall bnfc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bnfc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bnfc
Remove bnfc Configurations and Data
To remove bnfc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bnfc
Remove bnfc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bnfc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bnfc
Dependencies
bnfc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bnfc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.