How To Install libbison-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbison-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libbison-dev
libbison-dev is:
Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a grammar description for an LALR(1) context-free grammar into a C program to parse that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you may use it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages.
This package provides the liby.a file including functions needed by yacc parsers.
There are three methods to install libbison-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbison-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libbison-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbison-devInstall libbison-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libbison-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbison-devInstall libbison-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libbison-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbison-devHow To Uninstall libbison-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libbison-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbison-devUninstall libbison-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbison-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbison-devRemove libbison-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbison-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbison-devRemove libbison-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbison-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbison-devDependencies
libbison-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbison-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.