How To Install yapps2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yapps2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yapps2
yapps2 is:
YAPPS is an easy to use parser generator that is written in Python and generates Python code. There are several parser generator systems already available for Python, but this parser has different goals: Yapps is simple, very easy to use, and produces human-readable parsers.
It is not the fastest or most powerful parser. Yapps is designed to be used when regular expressions are not enough and other parser systems are too much: situations where you might otherwise write your own recursive descent parser.
This package contains several upward-compatible enhancements to the original YAPPS source:
- handles recursive input ("include files")
- better error reporting
- reads input incrementally
There are three methods to install yapps2 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 yapps2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yapps2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yapps2
Install yapps2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yapps2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yapps2
Install yapps2 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 yapps2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yapps2
How To Uninstall yapps2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yapps2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yapps2
Uninstall yapps2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yapps2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yapps2
Remove yapps2 Configurations and Data
To remove yapps2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yapps2
Remove yapps2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yapps2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yapps2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yapps2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
