How To Install byacc-j on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install byacc-j on Debian 12.
What is byacc-j
byacc-j is:
BYACC/J is an extension of the Berkeley v 1.8 YACC-compatible parser generator.
Standard YACC takes a YACC source file, and generates one or more C files from it, which if compiled properly, will produce a LALR-grammar parser. This is useful for expression parsing, interactive command parsing, and file reading. Many megabytes of YACC code have been written over the years.
This is the standard YACC tool that is in use every day to produce C/C++ parsers.
I have added a “-J” flag which will cause BYACC to generate Java source code, instead. So there finally is a YACC for Java now!
There are three methods to install byacc-j on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install byacc-j Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install byacc-j using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install byacc-j
Install byacc-j Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install byacc-j using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install byacc-j
Install byacc-j 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 byacc-j using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install byacc-j
How To Uninstall byacc-j on Debian 12
To uninstall only the byacc-j package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove byacc-j
Uninstall byacc-j And Its Dependencies
To uninstall byacc-j and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove byacc-j
Remove byacc-j Configurations and Data
To remove byacc-j configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge byacc-j
Remove byacc-j configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove byacc-j configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge byacc-j
Dependencies
byacc-j have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install byacc-j package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.