How To Install yydebug on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install yydebug on Ubuntu 18.04. yydebug is support library for the Java-based parser generator jay

Introduction

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

What is yydebug

yydebug is:

This is a library that supports tracing and animation for a Java-based parser generated by jay. It produces one-line messages by default to standard output. The messages are designed to be filtered by a program such as grep. The class jay.yydebug.yyAnim provides an animation of the parsing process.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yydebug

Install yydebug Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yydebug

Install yydebug 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 yydebug using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yydebug

How To Uninstall yydebug on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove yydebug

Uninstall yydebug And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yydebug

Remove yydebug Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yydebug

Remove yydebug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yydebug

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Summary

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