How To Install btyacc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install btyacc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is btyacc
btyacc is:
btyacc is a hacked version of the original Berkeley “byacc”. The main change to byacc is the addition of backtracking code, allowing you to try both alternatives in case of shift-reduce or reduce-reduce conflicts. As long as no backtracking takes place, the speed is comparable to bison’s one.
Additional features:
- Enhanced support for storing of text position information for tokens.
- Closes the potential *yacc/bison memory leak during error recovery.
- Preprocessor directives like %ifdef, %include.
- C++ friendly.
Related packages: bison, byacc, antlr
There are three methods to install btyacc 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 btyacc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install btyacc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install btyacc
Install btyacc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install btyacc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install btyacc
Install btyacc 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 btyacc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install btyacc
How To Uninstall btyacc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the btyacc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove btyacc
Uninstall btyacc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall btyacc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove btyacc
Remove btyacc Configurations and Data
To remove btyacc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge btyacc
Remove btyacc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove btyacc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge btyacc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install btyacc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.