How To Install antlr4-maven-plugin on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr4-maven-plugin on Ubuntu 22.04. antlr4-maven-plugin is Maven plugin for ANTLR 4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr4-maven-plugin on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is antlr4-maven-plugin

antlr4-maven-plugin is:

ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) is a powerful parser generator for reading, processing, executing, or translating structured text or binary files. It’s widely used to build languages, tools, and frameworks. From a grammar, ANTLR generates a parser that can build and walk parse trees.

This package provides the Maven plugin that supports compiling ANTLR 4 grammars during a Maven build.

There are three methods to install antlr4-maven-plugin 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 antlr4-maven-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install antlr4-maven-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install antlr4-maven-plugin

Install antlr4-maven-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install antlr4-maven-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install antlr4-maven-plugin

Install antlr4-maven-plugin 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 antlr4-maven-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install antlr4-maven-plugin

How To Uninstall antlr4-maven-plugin on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the antlr4-maven-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove antlr4-maven-plugin

Uninstall antlr4-maven-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall antlr4-maven-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove antlr4-maven-plugin

Remove antlr4-maven-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove antlr4-maven-plugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge antlr4-maven-plugin

Remove antlr4-maven-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove antlr4-maven-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antlr4-maven-plugin

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr4-maven-plugin package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.