How To Install libantlr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libantlr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libantlr-dev
libantlr-dev is:
ANTLR, ANother Tool for Language Recognition, (formerly PCCTS) is a language tool that provides a framework for constructing recognizers, compilers, and translators from grammatical descriptions containing C++ or Java actions [You can use PCCTS 1.xx to generate C-based parsers].
These are the static libraries for C++.
There are three methods to install libantlr-dev 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 libantlr-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libantlr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libantlr-dev
Install libantlr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libantlr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libantlr-dev
Install libantlr-dev 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 libantlr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libantlr-dev
How To Uninstall libantlr-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libantlr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libantlr-dev
Uninstall libantlr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libantlr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libantlr-dev
Remove libantlr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libantlr-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libantlr-dev
Remove libantlr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libantlr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libantlr-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libantlr-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
