How to Install and Uninstall flex-old Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: September 20,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "flex-old" package

This is a short guide on how to install flex-old on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall flex-old on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: flex-old
Version: 2.5.4a-10.1
Installed-Size: 457
Maintainer: Tommi Vainikainen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler
Suggests: bison
Conflicts: flex
Size: 188380
SHA256: c98cd04aff1f8617208b643ff7273de8bc7f52d69fdd93357d4cc76bf43f0b46
SHA1: 5f7bd0463428b32a96821d5cdaa4aa2827f33add
MD5sum: a16c5dd8568436a5e7cf18f4aef9b610
Description: Old version of the fast lexical analyzer generator
flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognize lexical
patterns in text. This is the old 2.5.4a version, which is no longer
being developed. You should normally choose flex, unless you have
legacy lexer files that do not work with a modern flex.
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This product includes software developed by the University of California,
Berkeley and its contributors. The upstream source code can be found at
http://flex.sourceforge.net/
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-10.1_amd64.deb