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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pcregrep" package

This tutorial shows how to install pcregrep on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pcregrep 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 pcregrep package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pcregrep
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Installed-Size: 181
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpcre3 (>= 2:8.41)
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_8.45-1+0~20230620.10+debian12~1.gbp8792c4_amd64.deb
Size: 135616
SHA256: 58ee4c42578798e2c7e5224d7aa38c63c934ae244a734fdd3adfdd21b395690a
SHA1: 8ed227527f3d503173fd1f347119c1698961c5a0
MD5sum: 7e4de66de95338ab9db725572a969af6
Description: grep utility that uses perl 5 compatible regexes.
Description-md5: b0a601c5f8b647ddc42b4beaba17e22e

Package: pcregrep
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.39-15
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: pgrep (<< 4.5)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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_8.39-15_amd64.deb
Size: 27564
MD5sum: ace5cbfc52e821ff77ef014f336508f0
SHA256: 7677f942d71dc423aac2eb066dbad5323edea42e952e527b74486621736f64c8