How To Install kdevelop-pg-qt on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop-pg-qt on Ubuntu 18.04. kdevelop-pg-qt is LL(1) parser generator based on Qt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop-pg-qt on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is kdevelop-pg-qt

kdevelop-pg-qt is:

KDevelop-PG-Qt is a parser generator written in readable source-code and generating readable source-code. Its syntax was inspirated by AntLR. It implements the visitor-pattern and uses the Qt library.

This package contains the kdev-pg-qt binary, the headers files generated by the KDevelop parser generator and the cmake file to find the parser.

There are three methods to install kdevelop-pg-qt on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install kdevelop-pg-qt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdevelop-pg-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdevelop-pg-qt

Install kdevelop-pg-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdevelop-pg-qt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdevelop-pg-qt

Install kdevelop-pg-qt 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 kdevelop-pg-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdevelop-pg-qt

How To Uninstall kdevelop-pg-qt on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the kdevelop-pg-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdevelop-pg-qt

Uninstall kdevelop-pg-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdevelop-pg-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdevelop-pg-qt

Remove kdevelop-pg-qt Configurations and Data

To remove kdevelop-pg-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdevelop-pg-qt

Remove kdevelop-pg-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdevelop-pg-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdevelop-pg-qt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdevelop-pg-qt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.