How to Install and Uninstall flex Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the flex on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "flex" package

Please follow the steps below to install flex on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall flex on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 flex package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: flex
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.6.4-8build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 972
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), m4
Recommends: gcc | c-compiler, libfl-dev
Suggests: bison, build-essential, flex-doc
Filename: pool/main/f/flex/flex_2.6.4-8build2_amd64.deb
Size: 306728
MD5sum: 4bcebe8b7e94ec3305afaf2b149fb2c6
SHA1: 9c49b96f5d637602ffdfe641c3be4be3030dd13f
SHA256: 980674f410fa6cb5e41d1bdf434a9391dcec0ac8fae5194cd90f9598ae074d8d
SHA512: 35cb891559e462f4f37daffbe55fcf9c37f4a76622f955471b9732d009f79ef2d3a771fa60f5d802f593d77616966ffe6c26225da239610dcd25d7d3866da16b
Homepage: https://github.com/westes/flex
Description: fast lexical analyzer generator
Description-md5: c30a7ef9a61fca3debe97b92c3f65013