Installing Berkeley Yet Another Compiler Compiler (byacc) on Ubuntu Linux

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This short tutorial shows you how to install Berkeley Yacc (byacc) on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing Berkeley Yacc (byacc) version 1.9. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3. Your configuration may be different from mine but the installation steps below should work fine for most configurations with little or no change at all (including other Linux distributions and even unixes e.g. MacOS X).

Berkeley Yacc (byacc):

According to invisible-island.net,

"Berkeley Yacc (byacc) is generally conceded to be the best yacc variant available. In contrast to bison, it is written to avoid dependencies upon a particular compiler."

Before starting, please check to see if there is a latest version available to download. Visit http://invisible-island.net/byacc/byacc.html to find out about the available versions. IMPORTANT: See "Configuring Ubuntu Linux After Installation" to install the development tools required to compile and install byacc from source code.

Steps to download, compile, and install are as follows. Note: Replace 20070509 with your version number:

  • Downloading Berkeley Yacc (byacc):

    Run command below, 
    wget ftp://invisible-island.net/byacc/byacc.tar.gz

  • Extracting files from the downloaded package:

    tar -xvzf byacc.tar.gz
    Now, enter the directory where the package is extracted. 
    cd byacc-20070509/

  • Configuring Berkeley Yacc (byacc):

    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/byacc
    Replace "/usr/local/byacc" above with the directory path where you want to copy the files and folders. Note: check for any error message.

  • Compiling Berkeley Yacc (byacc):

    make

    Note: check for any error message.

  • Installing Berkeley Yacc (byacc):

    As root (for privileges on destination directory), run the following.

    With sudo, 
    sudo make install
    Without sudo, 
    make install

    Note: check for any error messages.

That’s it. Berkeley Yacc (byacc) has been successfully installed in the folder (/usr/local/byacc in our case) mentioned with --prefix switch during configuration.

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