How to Install and Uninstall libbison-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libbison-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libbison-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libbison-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libbison-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libbison-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libbison-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libbison-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libbison-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 349
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chuan-kai Lin
Architecture: amd64
Source: bison
Version: 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1
Recommends: bison
Filename: pool/main/b/bison/libbison-dev_3.0.4.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 337802
MD5sum: d819dc6c65ecf894709839ebf15dbc03
SHA1: 2841063ffa46eab892666dd7f466bcc08aaf08ae
SHA256: e2cafe02cf4624ebdf262c4707484893f414daf582c147c203b403e6fa2c2483
Description-en: YACC-compatible parser generator - development library
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.
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This package provides the liby.a file including functions needed by
yacc parsers.
Description-md5: 9e58100d40bcef7ed1b8baab2a762770
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y