How to Install and Uninstall alex Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "alex" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install alex on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall alex on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: alex
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2.5-2build1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1877
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libffi8 (>= 3.4), libgmp10
Filename: pool/universe/a/alex/alex_3.2.5-2build1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 400908
MD5sum: 791db106f182b045732a6c664c2cf39d
SHA1: d5c20e734f30bf97a2d32150bf69fe2fecbd5d4e
SHA256: daa90b3a1cbe8e5a97d6cecd2c80fe33b47996a4a840f7b6def0ae9e3e02ea54
SHA512: de6149d46bfb968977ddc39037c848d2a090411fe962d9d9b87ebeda2506de24905d989b2d8dbf1de6432a33b165ffea20af5aeb948b849cb38f2399589e171b
Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/alex/
Description-en: lexical analyser generator for Haskell
Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell, given a
description of the tokens to be recognised in the form of regular
expressions. It is similar to the tool lex or flex for C/C++.
Description-md5: bc94d454c7a2f43370b4ac0cf89a5863