How To Install libantlr3c-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libantlr3c-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libantlr3c-dev is ANTLR v3 parser generator C runtime [development files]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libantlr3c-dev on Debian 12.

What is libantlr3c-dev

libantlr3c-dev is:

ANTLR, ANother Tool for Language Recognition, is a language tool that provides a framework for constructing recognizers, compilers, and translators from grammatical descriptions.

This package contains the development files needed to build your applications using parsers generated by ANTLR in the C language.

There are three methods to install libantlr3c-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libantlr3c-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 libantlr3c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libantlr3c-dev

Install libantlr3c-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libantlr3c-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libantlr3c-dev

Install libantlr3c-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libantlr3c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libantlr3c-dev

How To Uninstall libantlr3c-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libantlr3c-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libantlr3c-dev

Uninstall libantlr3c-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libantlr3c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libantlr3c-dev

Remove libantlr3c-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libantlr3c-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libantlr3c-dev

Remove libantlr3c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libantlr3c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libantlr3c-dev

Dependencies

libantlr3c-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libantlr3c-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.