How to Install and Uninstall alex Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "alex" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install alex on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall alex on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: alex
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 2633
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libffi6 (>= 3.0.4), libgmp10
Filename: pool/universe/a/alex/alex_3.1.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 492554
MD5sum: b25551564b44e662c72a07a39e8f74bb
SHA1: 8150258b9da325dbfd7ba3d8e7a57467d0be2089
SHA256: 43cbd721e75214f0c567511b811ecd66f61f3efd49c95754f0f9617727941b9d
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/alex/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu