jlex software package provides Lex-style lexical analyser generator for Java, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install jlex
jlex is installed in your system.
Make ensure the jlex package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep jlex *
You will get with jlex package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | jlex |
| Version | 1.2.6-8 |
| Description | Lex-style lexical analyser generator for Java |
| Sub Section | Devel |