Complete Guide: Installing pcre on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "pcre" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install pcre on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                pcre
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pcre" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall pcre on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
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3. Information about the pcre package on Arch Linux

Repository : core
Name : pcre
Version : 8.45-4
Description : A deprecated library that implements Perl 5-style regular
expressions
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://www.pcre.org/
Licenses : BSD
Groups : None
Provides : libpcre.so=1-64 libpcre16.so=0-64 libpcre32.so=0-64
libpcreposix.so=0-64 libpcrecpp.so=0-64
Depends On : glibc gcc-libs readline zlib bzip2 bash
Optional Deps : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 1000.81 KiB
Installed Size : 3581.08 KiB
Packager : Sébastien Luttringer
Build Date : Tue Aug 15 10:30:22 2023
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature