How To Install coco-java on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install coco-java on Ubuntu 20.04. coco-java is Coco/R Compiler Generator (Java Version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coco-java on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is coco-java

coco-java is:

Coco/R is a compiler generator, which takes an attributed grammar of a source language and generates a scanner and a parser for this language. The scanner works as a deterministic finite automaton. The parser uses recursive descent. LL(1) conflicts can be resolved by a multi-symbol lookahead or by semantic checks. Thus the class of accepted grammars is LL(k) for an arbitrary k.

To start Coco call cocoj, which is a shell script in /usr/bin.

There are three methods to install coco-java on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coco-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coco-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coco-java

Install coco-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coco-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coco-java

Install coco-java 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 coco-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coco-java

How To Uninstall coco-java on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the coco-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coco-java

Uninstall coco-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coco-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coco-java

Remove coco-java Configurations and Data

To remove coco-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coco-java

Remove coco-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coco-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coco-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coco-java package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.