How to Install and Uninstall alex Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "alex" package

This is a short guide on how to install alex on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                alex
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "alex" package

Learn how to uninstall alex on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the alex package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package alex:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : alex
Version : 3.5.0.0-1.2
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 3.0 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : alex-3.5.0.0-1.2.src
Upstream URL : https://hackage.haskell.org/package/alex
Summary : Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell
Description :
Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell. It takes a
description of tokens based on regular expressions and generates a Haskell
module containing code for scanning text efficiently. It is similar to the tool
lex or flex for C/C++.