How To Install lola on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lola on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lola
lola is:
Lola is a general-purpose LL parser generator that converts a grammar describing an LL context-free language into either a C or Python program to parse the language.
There are three methods to install lola on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lola Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lola using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lola
Install lola Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lola using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lola
Install lola 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 lola using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lola
How To Uninstall lola on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lola package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lola
Uninstall lola And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lola and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lola
Remove lola Configurations and Data
To remove lola configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lola
Remove lola configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lola configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lola
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lola package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.