How To Install antlr3 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr3 on Ubuntu 22.04. antlr3 is language tool for constructing recognizers, compilers etc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr3 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is antlr3

antlr3 is:

ANTLR, ANother Tool for Language Recognition, (formerly PCCTS) is a language tool that provides a framework for constructing recognizers, compilers, and translators from grammatical descriptions containing C++ or Java actions [You can use PCCTS 1.xx to generate C-based parsers].

Computer language translation has become a common task. While compilers and tools for traditional computer languages (such as C or Java) are still being built, their number is dwarfed by the thousands of mini-languages for which recognizers and translators are being developed. Programmers construct translators for database formats, graphical data files (e.g., PostScript, AutoCAD), text processing files (e.g., HTML, SGML). ANTLR is designed to handle all of your translation tasks.

There are three methods to install antlr3 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install antlr3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install antlr3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install antlr3

Install antlr3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install antlr3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install antlr3

Install antlr3 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 antlr3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install antlr3

How To Uninstall antlr3 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the antlr3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove antlr3

Uninstall antlr3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall antlr3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove antlr3

Remove antlr3 Configurations and Data

To remove antlr3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge antlr3

Remove antlr3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove antlr3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antlr3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.