How to Install and Uninstall bison Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "bison" package

This is a short guide on how to install bison on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bison
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bison" package

Learn how to uninstall bison on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bison
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bison package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: bison
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:3.5.1+dfsg-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chuan-kai Lin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1980
Depends: m4, libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: bison-doc
Filename: pool/main/b/bison/bison_3.5.1+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 656684
MD5sum: bcd41531803fabd44f337570a8014e23
SHA1: 1609115151fa70e06be099997f3a89e3d91bbde8
SHA256: b7898a7130a1f2f0ef85a43e5b81d977ceb3d9bf5af434eaac5d186b4d87b3f8
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
Description: YACC-compatible parser generator
Description-md5: 3b8154d16aa228f689bcd81364e7088c