How To Install python-lepl on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-lepl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-lepl is recursive descent parser library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lepl on Debian 10.

What is python-lepl

python-lepl is:

A recursive descent parser for Python 2.6+ (including 3!). Lepl is powerful, simple to use, and easy to extend: grammars are written directly as Python code, using a syntax similar to BNF; new matchers can be simple functions.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-lepl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-lepl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-lepl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-lepl

Install python-lepl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-lepl

Install python-lepl 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 python-lepl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-lepl

How To Uninstall python-lepl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-lepl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-lepl

Uninstall python-lepl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-lepl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lepl

Remove python-lepl Configurations and Data

To remove python-lepl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-lepl

Remove python-lepl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-lepl

Dependencies

python-lepl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lepl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.