When I try to install bison on my ubuntu 14.04 using the command sudo apt-get install bison, the version 3 is installed.
I would like to downgrade bison to use the version 2.7.
How can I do it?
Thanks.
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I have a better solution, Check my answer :) – Salehi May 16 '15 at 16:27
I installed last pkgs of bison (2.7.1) and libbison-dev (2.7.1) from Saucy and it worked like a charm.
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/140087283/libbison-dev_2.7.1.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/140087282/bison_2.7.1.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i libbison-dev_2.7.1.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i bison_2.7.1.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
To prevent update manager from overwriting this package
apt-mark hold libbison-dev
apt-mark hold bison
Done.
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7To prevent update manager to overwrite this package
apt-mark hold libbison-devandapt-mark hold bison– Bechir Jun 3 '14 at 14:28 -
1On the odd chance you need the 32-bit versions, you can get the downloads from here: packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/libbison-dev (I'm using Ubuntu 32-bit in a VM because I need to test some code on a 32-bit platform) – Andrea Jun 25 '14 at 11:59
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for i386, the links are: launchpadlibrarian.net/140087287/… and launchpadlibrarian.net/140087286/bison_2.7.1.dfsg-1_i386.deb – sbell Aug 11 '15 at 17:45
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I do not recommend to install those as there is no guarantee they come to your server without virus and rootkis. – Daniel W. Apr 15 '16 at 15:55
Just give the package version also as follows:
apt-get install pkg=version
and you can get all the available versions using apt-cache showpkg bison
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I tried
apt-get install bison=2:2.7.1.dfsg-1butapt-getstill complainE: Version '2:2.7.1.dfsg-1' for 'bison' was not found– Bechir Apr 8 '14 at 14:09 -
2This will only work if bison 2.7 is there in the archives but it is not there. you can see it by running
apt-cache showpkg bisonto see the versions available. One easy way would be adding saucy dev repo just to install bison 2.7. – Stormvirux Apr 8 '14 at 14:18 -
2I fixed by manually installing it. I thought there is a clean way to do it :( . Any how, thanks for your help :) – Bechir Apr 8 '14 at 14:25
You can install bison version 2.7 via linuxbrew. Once you have installed linuxbrew by:
ruby -e "$(wget -O- https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew/go/install)"
and adding the following to the bottom of .bashrc or .zshrc:
export PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/.linuxbrew/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
You can install Bison 2.7!
brew install bison27
Homebrew is meant for macs, so it will yell at you for not using your Mac properly if you run brew doctor. As Macs already have Bison installed, it will refuse to finish the install. You can safely force it by doing:
brew link bison27 --force
And now check bison -V to see you are using Bison 2.7!
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@Greg it's convenient for mac users that want a simple script to make their linux and mac homes feel the same – Steve Buzonas Apr 13 '15 at 2:39
bison2 (2:2.7.1.dfsg-1-ppa1) is available from my ppa here
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Indeed, my answer doesn't explain how to downgrade, and I should have clarified that my package installs bison 2.7.1 alongside the v3 version in "trusty". (I also wasn't aware I can now comment on posts!) – RJVB Aug 6 '14 at 22:14
