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

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libpcre3-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpcre3-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libpcre3-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libpcre3-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libpcre3-dev
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Installed-Size: 2237
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4)
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4_amd64.deb
Size: 666996
SHA256: 5068042ffe9328c9cbfb4e1625b14c12a6af9e0fdd58febdf4c1695deee51a11
SHA1: 2d85d5df889155043cf522f6dfc1b9ef9cb27b8b
MD5sum: e89161f5315c75f371edd1e005fe2114
Description: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - development 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 development files, including headers, static
libraries, and documentation.
Description-md5: 3841aaec6be821ceb04646f8f92bb95c

Package: libpcre3-dev
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.39-15
Installed-Size: 2211
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.39-15), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.39-15), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.39-15), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.39-15)
Description: Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: eebe4f9bfa07d216beb413924dacf563
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::program, use::scanning,
use::searching
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_8.39-15_amd64.deb
Size: 653392
MD5sum: 184ac8edbae4e31fa251157ca586c296
SHA256: a2bd77ac61b2dbbbc6cac3f7238780a591cf23774f9f0b1fc79d1c07b6d7f0c4