How to Install and Uninstall flex-old Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "flex-old" package

This is a short guide on how to install flex-old on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                flex-old
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "flex-old" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall flex-old on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                flex-old
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flex-old package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: flex-old
Version: 2.5.4a-10
Installed-Size: 496
Maintainer: Tommi Vainikainen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler
Suggests: bison
Conflicts: flex
Description: Old version of the fast lexical analyzer generator
Description-md5: 635ae580015e71b2feeb1332050a361a
Homepage: http://flex.sourceforge.net/
Tag: devel::code-generator, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/flex-old/flex-old_2.5.4a-10_amd64.deb
Size: 199710
MD5sum: 9a5b18c828055d78f22530a09ac9930d
SHA256: 761c49b7b4daee4973834f306d819f4e34f9399ad9eb3f79f0d08ad9abea2239