How to install bison on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)?
In this article we are going to learn the commands and steps to install bison package on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa).
Quick installation of bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
Package Details | |
| Package: | bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign |
| Version: | 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/ |
| Description: | YACC-compatible parser generator Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a grammar description for an LALR(1) context-free grammar into a C program to parse that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, you may use it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages. . Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc grammars ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little trouble. Documentation of the program is in the bison-doc package. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | devel |
How to install bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L bison [1mdpkg-query:[0m package 'bison' is not installed Use dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list archive files contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign:
After system update use the following command to install bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign:
sudo apt-get install bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
Following command is used to remove the bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
This will remove bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with bison Architecture: amd64 Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1 Multi-Arch: foreign package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.