bison software package provides YACC-compatible parser generator, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) 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
Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
Section | Development |
Package | bison |
Version | 2:3.0.4.dfsg-1 |
Description | YACC-compatible parser generator |
Sub Section | Devel |