How To Install erlang-parsetools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-parsetools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is erlang-parsetools
erlang-parsetools is:
The Parsetools application contains utilities for parsing. Currently, it includes yecc module. Yecc is an LALR-1 parser generator for Erlang, similar to yacc. Yecc takes a BNF grammar definition as input, and produces Erlang code for a parser as output.
There are three methods to install erlang-parsetools
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 erlang-parsetools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-parsetools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install erlang-parsetools
Install erlang-parsetools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install erlang-parsetools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install erlang-parsetools
Install erlang-parsetools 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 erlang-parsetools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install erlang-parsetools
How To Uninstall erlang-parsetools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the erlang-parsetools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove erlang-parsetools
Uninstall erlang-parsetools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall erlang-parsetools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-parsetools
Remove erlang-parsetools Configurations and Data
To remove erlang-parsetools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-parsetools
Remove erlang-parsetools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove erlang-parsetools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-parsetools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-parsetools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.