How To Install nex on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nex in Fedora 36. nex is A lexer generator for Go that is similar to Lex/Flex

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nex on Fedora 36.

What is nex

Nex is a lexer similar to Lex/Flex that of C code, (2) integrates with Go’s Yacc instead of YACC/Bison, (3) supports UTF-8, and (4) supports nested structural regular expressions.

We can use yum or dnf to install nex on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nex.

Install nex on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nex using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nex

Install nex on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nex using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nex

How To Uninstall nex on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nex package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nex

nex Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nex
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/9dbee19e9679b28d5f93f2d36521a5bc2440ea
/usr/share/doc/nex
/usr/share/doc/nex/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/nex/README.asciidoc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nex on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).