How to Install flex software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install flex software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

flex software package provides A fast lexical analyzer generator., you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install flex 

flex is installed in your system.

Make ensure the flex package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep flex *

You will get with flex package name, version, architecture and description in a table

flex package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package flex
Version 2.5.35-10.1ubuntu2
Description A fast lexical analyzer generator.
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove flex software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?