How To Install libghc-boomerang-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-boomerang-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libghc-boomerang-dev is invertible parsing and printing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libghc-boomerang-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libghc-boomerang-dev

libghc-boomerang-dev is:

Specify a single unified grammar which can be used for parsing and pretty-printing.

Boomerang is a DSL for creating parsers and pretty-printers using a single specification. Instead of writing a parser, and then writing a separate pretty-printer, both are created at once. This saves time, and ensures that the parser and pretty-printer are inverses and stay in-sync with each other.

Boomerang is a generalized derivative of the Zwaluw library created by Sjoerd Visscher and Martijn van Steenbergen.

This package contains the normal library files.

There are three methods to install libghc-boomerang-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 libghc-boomerang-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 libghc-boomerang-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libghc-boomerang-dev

Install libghc-boomerang-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libghc-boomerang-dev

Install libghc-boomerang-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 libghc-boomerang-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libghc-boomerang-dev

How To Uninstall libghc-boomerang-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libghc-boomerang-dev

Uninstall libghc-boomerang-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libghc-boomerang-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libghc-boomerang-dev

Remove libghc-boomerang-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libghc-boomerang-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libghc-boomerang-dev

Remove libghc-boomerang-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libghc-boomerang-dev

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Summary

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