Flex is a tool for generating programs that require pattern-matching on text. It is usually used together with yacc/bison to automatically generate a parser for a language grammar, e.g. the syntax of a configuration file.
Flex is a tool for generating programs that require pattern-matching on text. It is usually used together with yacc/bison to automatically generate a parser for a language grammar, e.g. the syntax of a configuration file.
To install flex, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install flex
To see what files were installed by flex, run:
port contents flex
To later upgrade flex, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade flex
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