How to Install and Uninstall alex Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "alex" package

This tutorial shows how to install alex on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall alex on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 alex package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: alex
Version: 3.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 1861
Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libffi7 (>= 3.3~20180313), libgmp10
Description: lexical analyser generator for Haskell
Description-md5: bc94d454c7a2f43370b4ac0cf89a5863
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/alex/
Tag: devel::code-generator, devel::lang:haskell, implemented-in::haskell,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
works-with::software:source
Section: haskell
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/alex/alex_3.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 370752
MD5sum: a23aecb2be0c9265bc235da4250da561
SHA256: e9258eec49222df9ec68b7ab07b5e70158a9a07bce24a011898ddc901be08f24