flex-old software package provides Old version of the fast lexical analyzer generator, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install flex-old
flex-old is installed in your system.
Make ensure the flex-old package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep flex-old *
You will get with flex-old package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | Development |
| Package | flex-old |
| Version | 2.5.4a-10+b1 [armhf], 2.5.4a-1 |
| Description | Old version of the fast lexical analyzer generator |
| Sub Section | devel |