How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libpcre3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpcre3 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcre3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcre3" package

Learn how to uninstall libpcre3 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libpcre3
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.44-2+0~20210301.9+debian11~1.gbpa278ad
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Installed-Size: 697
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_8.44-2+0~20210301.9+debian11~1.gbpa278ad_amd64.deb
Size: 350828
SHA256: 4497b3cb6b189ca862558c26c4eea133bde442d693b778f760a706121c6dfc20
SHA1: 0b8d9408ed22197194baa7ad07794466d44df5d4
MD5sum: 6c67a5bf93b6e9181bbe452ed9c3808a
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: 2:8.39-13
Installed-Size: 669
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
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_8.39-13_amd64.deb
Size: 342528
MD5sum: 0d6f9003c0704b14a98a289fd7de720f
SHA256: 48efcf2348967c211cd9408539edf7ec3fa9d800b33041f6511ccaecc1ffa9d0