How To Install flex-doc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install flex-doc on CentOS 7. flex-doc is Documentation for flex scanner generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flex-doc on CentOS 7.

What is flex-doc

This package contains documentation for flex scanner generator in plain text and PDF formats.

We can use yum or dnf to install flex-doc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flex-doc.

Install flex-doc on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install flex-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flex-doc

Install flex-doc on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install flex-doc

How To Uninstall flex-doc on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the flex-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flex-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flex-doc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.