How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libpcre3" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libpcre3 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpcre3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpcre3 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libpcre3
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.44-2+0~20210301.9+debian10~1.gbpa278ad
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Installed-Size: 677
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_8.44-2+0~20210301.9+debian10~1.gbpa278ad_amd64.deb
Size: 344428
SHA256: c09351d268adaa3b4a05879735f8fbe058f549202cc551e0cbacaaf142a5cdfa
SHA1: a17308ece27e57795c8e274241b67e45ecd9e398
MD5sum: 85a7b7f79fc0add961ede1dc8ba93eba
Description: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime files
This is a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax
and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language.
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This package contains the runtime libraries.
Description-md5: ab0ea99159dc866cd24051e8eda806df

Package: libpcre3
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.39-12
Installed-Size: 673
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<= 4.3-3)
Breaks: approx (<< 4.4-1~), cduce (<< 0.5.3-2~), cmigrep (<< 1.5-7~), galax (<< 1.1-7~), libpcre-ocaml (<< 6.0.1~), liquidsoap (<< 0.9.2-3~), ocsigen (<< 1.3.3-1~)
Description: Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime files
Description-md5: 554ac784f7314cb2c59649814e330d34
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_8.39-12_amd64.deb
Size: 341168
MD5sum: 5034dc2d5ce651e58b2dfc28f35e6c3f
SHA256: 5496ea46b812b1a00104fc97b30e13fc5f8f6e9ec128a8ff4fd2d66a80cc6bee