How To Install flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8. flex-doc is Documentation for flex scanner generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flex-doc.

Install flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install flex-doc

Install flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install flex-doc

How To Uninstall flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove flex-doc

flex-doc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/flex
/usr/share/doc/flex/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/flex/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/flex/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/flex/ONEWS
/usr/share/doc/flex/README

References

flex-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flex-doc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.