How To Install racc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install racc on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 racc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install racc
How To Uninstall racc on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove racc
Remove racc Configurations and Data
To remove racc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install racc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
