How to Install bison software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install bison software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

bison software package provides YACC-compatible parser generator, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install bison 

bison is installed in your system.

Make ensure the bison package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep bison *

You will get with bison package name, version, architecture and description in a table

bison package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Development
Package bison
Version 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1
Description YACC-compatible parser generator
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove bison software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?