How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libpcre2-dev" package

Learn how to install libpcre2-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libpcre2-dev

2. Uninstall "libpcre2-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpcre2-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove libpcre2-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libpcre2-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libpcre2-dev
Source: pcre2
Version: 10.40-1+0~20220713.16+debian10~1.gbpb6cec5
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Installed-Size: 2617
Depends: libc-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.40-1+0~20220713.16+debian10~1.gbpb6cec5), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.40-1+0~20220713.16+debian10~1.gbpb6cec5), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.40-1+0~20220713.16+debian10~1.gbpb6cec5), libpcre2-posix3 (= 10.40-1+0~20220713.16+debian10~1.gbpb6cec5)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.40-1+0~20220713.16+debian10~1.gbpb6cec5_amd64.deb
Size: 737836
SHA256: 8f7f2e93e98cfcda7859a201aabb9754caad413b3da0e981b65d02770a3cf593
SHA1: 4d211516442a2b626094da4977e911cab73f0f8a
MD5sum: 2c38a162a49cb02993d28f6bc931f64f
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86

Package: libpcre2-dev
Source: pcre2
Version: 10.32-5
Installed-Size: 2344
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.32-5), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.32-5), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.32-5), libpcre2-posix0 (= 10.32-5)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.32-5_amd64.deb
Size: 664480
MD5sum: 5ff5bd0903d6790d3aefb699e6602080
SHA256: ed4e45945b1be4aab73a64060ed9f67a33522cfb9e3b93fd8298f91a47c4a0f3