How To Install yaggo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaggo on Ubuntu 18.04. yaggo is generate command line parser using getopt_long

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaggo on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is yaggo

yaggo is:

Yaggo is a tool to generate command line parsers for C++. Yaggo stands for “Yet Another GenGetOpt” and is inspired by GNU Gengetopt.

It reads a configuration file describing the switches and argument for a C++ program and it generates one header file that parses the command line using getopt_long(3).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaggo

Install yaggo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaggo

Install yaggo 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 yaggo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaggo

How To Uninstall yaggo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove yaggo

Uninstall yaggo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaggo

Remove yaggo Configurations and Data

To remove yaggo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yaggo

Remove yaggo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaggo

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Summary

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