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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "pcregrep" package

Please follow the steps below to install pcregrep on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pcregrep
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pcregrep" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pcregrep on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: pcregrep
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.44-2+0~20210301.9+debian10~1.gbpa278ad
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Installed-Size: 190
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpcre3 (>= 2:8.41)
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_8.44-2+0~20210301.9+debian10~1.gbpa278ad_amd64.deb
Size: 144052
SHA256: 7e3ac31102e49ff8a2eafbf6f002489df7828f28fe4949250c1fa23ae5976195
SHA1: effa7a9ecc59360f9fc0a34b7e37bcd5ba8420d5
MD5sum: 383889e2fa00f5205f05a8a245153221
Description: grep utility that uses perl 5 compatible regexes.
Description-md5: b0a601c5f8b647ddc42b4beaba17e22e

Package: pcregrep
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.39-12
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: pgrep (<< 4.5)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpcre3
Description: grep utility that uses perl 5 compatible regexes.
Description-md5: b0a601c5f8b647ddc42b4beaba17e22e
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::searching, works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_8.39-12_amd64.deb
Size: 27796
MD5sum: 97ab7d38710d3dfdf9492cd906ce3a42
SHA256: 79fef5c4c90bfb999080fbd07fc5d84eb79b2d7b7ae7c2a8b0f268b6570741b5