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docs: Replace probably out-of-date OS package info with Repology
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Alex might also be pre-packaged for your OS (unconfirmed as of 2022-04-06):
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Because Alex is a dependency of GHC, it is often packaged by operating systems.
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`Repology <https://repology.org>`__ aggregates this info across many distros and operating systems, and Alex is actually listed twice:
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- Ubuntu users: packages should be available from the universe repository.
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- Debian GNU/Linux users: packages are available `here <http://packages.debian.org/alex>`__.
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- FreeBSD/x86 users: Alex is in the ports tree, so either ``pkg_add -r hs-alex``,
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or install it from the ports tree in ``/usr/ports/devel/hs-alex``.
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- OpenBSD users: Alex is in the -current ports tree, you can install it from ``/usr/ports/devel/alex``.
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- https://repology.org/project/haskell:alex/versions
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- https://repology.org/project/alex/versions
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The table contains links to the individual OS packages, which should provide installation instructions.

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