How to Install and Uninstall flex.x86_64 Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "flex.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install flex.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install flex.x86_64

2. Uninstall "flex.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall flex.x86_64 on Rocky Linux 8:

$ sudo dnf remove flex.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the flex.x86_64 package on Rocky Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : flex
Version : 2.6.1
Release : 9.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 318 k
Source : flex-2.6.1-9.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : A tool for creating scanners (text pattern recognizers)
URL : https://github.com/westes/flex
License : BSD and LGPLv2+
Description : The flex program generates scanners. Scanners are programs which can
: recognize lexical patterns in text. Flex takes pairs of regular
: expressions and C code as input and generates a C source file as
: output. The output file is compiled and linked with a library to
: produce an executable. The executable searches through its input for
: occurrences of the regular expressions. When a match is found, it
: executes the corresponding C code. Flex was designed to work with
: both Yacc and Bison, and is used by many programs as part of their
: build process.
:
: You should install flex if you are going to use your system for
: application development.