How to Install and Uninstall pcre.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "pcre.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install pcre.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                pcre.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pcre.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall pcre.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                pcre.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pcre.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 2:24:45 ago on Mon Sep 5 03:22:42 2022.
Installed Packages
Name : pcre
Version : 8.42
Release : 6.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 498 k
Source : pcre-8.42-6.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Perl-compatible regular expression library
URL : http://www.pcre.org/
License : BSD
Description : PCRE, Perl-compatible regular expression, library has its own native API, but
: a set of wrapper functions that are based on the POSIX API are also supplied
: in the libpcreposix library. Note that this just provides a POSIX calling
: interface to PCRE: the regular expressions themselves still follow Perl syntax
: and semantics. This package provides support for strings in 8-bit and UTF-8
: encodings. Detailed change log is provided by pcre-doc package.