How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libpcre3 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libpcre3" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpcre3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpcre3" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libpcre3 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libpcre3
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Installed-Size: 692
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4_amd64.deb
Size: 347980
SHA256: 8e36f004cdaa5f2b40cbb80aa192d8e641192aa9ac393956c182fbb31d4d1fcd
SHA1: 09069cf23c4a3d341390639d23b3f3cb77ca01ea
MD5sum: 781c931498816868a451997cc8e657b9
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: 2:8.39-15
Installed-Size: 680
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
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_8.39-15_amd64.deb
Size: 340864
MD5sum: ae4df052a434f4b8285d3497fb335869
SHA256: 993ea623ce5b42d67f653f2faaa7ef15e7c9d72bfcb93e22a1eaff7aa3532303