How To Install peg on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install peg on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is peg
peg is:
This package provides peg and leg, two utilities that read a Parsing Expression Grammar (PEG) and generate a recursive-descent parser for it.
Unlike lex and yacc, peg and leg support unlimited backtracking, provide ordered choice as a means for disambiguation, and can combine scanning (lexical analysis) and parsing (syntactic analysis) into a single activity.
There are three methods to install peg 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 peg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install peg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install peg
Install peg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install peg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install peg
Install peg 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 peg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install peg
How To Uninstall peg on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the peg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove peg
Uninstall peg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall peg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove peg
Remove peg Configurations and Data
To remove peg configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge peg
Remove peg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove peg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge peg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install peg package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
