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How To Uninstall flex On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
To uninstall flex just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add flexagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just flex
http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/precise/main/f/flex/uninstall/index.htmlA fast lexical analyzer generator.Ubuntu 12.04 LTSdevel2.5.35-10ubuntu3sudo apt-get remove flex
This will remove just the flex package itself.
Uninstall flex and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove flex
This will remove the flex package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for flex then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge flex
Or similarly, like this flex
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove flex
Package Data
| Package | flex |
| Version | 2.5.35-10ubuntu3 |
| Maintainer | Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> |
| Home page | http://flex.sf.net/ |
| Description | A fast lexical analyzer generator. |
| Distro | ubuntu |
| Release | precise |
| Repo | main |
| Section | devel |