How To Install antlr on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr on Ubuntu.
What is antlr
antlr 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 antlr on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install antlr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install antlr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install antlr
Install antlr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install antlr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install antlr
Install antlr 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 antlr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install antlr
How To Uninstall antlr on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the antlr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove antlr
Uninstall antlr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall antlr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove antlr
Remove antlr Configurations and Data
To remove antlr configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge antlr
Remove antlr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove antlr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antlr
Dependencies
antlr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install antlr package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.