How To Install byacc-j on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install byacc-j on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• byacc-j website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install byacc-j package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.