How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-16-0 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libpcre2-16-0 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libpcre2-16-0" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpcre2-16-0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpcre2-16-0" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libpcre2-16-0 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre2-16-0
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre2-16-0 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libpcre2-16-0
Source: pcre2
Version: 10.42-1
Installed-Size: 632
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - 16 bit runtime files
Description-md5: d6c0e8013a7482f54831f24be8910309
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-16-0_10.42-1_amd64.deb
Size: 245032
MD5sum: 13c8cbcc5719fd162c85a7a9583a4c09
SHA256: 53892097cf102ecd8f133ccd3f1f6be6f288c6ffeeeacf6ce081dfee15292675