How to Install and Uninstall flex Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 02,2024

You can also install and uninstall the flex on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "flex" package

Learn how to install flex on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall flex on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flex package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: flex
Version: 2.6.4-8.2
Installed-Size: 1241
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: flex-old
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), m4
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler, libfl-dev
Suggests: bison, build-essential, flex-doc
Conflicts: flex-old
Description: fast lexical analyzer generator
Description-md5: c30a7ef9a61fca3debe97b92c3f65013
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/westes/flex
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/flex_2.6.4-8.2_amd64.deb
Size: 421580
MD5sum: d968b8aa4b8daf7cc6ef7a257325f2cb
SHA256: da3fd55dbb6aff4f7b3187580813e0ef707d0c596402e37c8fd144df60003636