How To Install racc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install racc on Kali Linux.

What is racc

racc is:

Racc is LALR(Look-Ahead LR) parser generator for Ruby, written in Ruby. It allows programmers to easily write syntactic parsers from simple rules, like yacc and bison.

There are three methods to install racc 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 racc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install racc

Install racc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install racc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install racc

Install racc 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install racc

How To Uninstall racc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the racc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove racc

Uninstall racc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall racc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove racc

Remove racc Configurations and Data

To remove racc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge racc

Remove racc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge racc

Dependencies

racc have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• racc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install racc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.