How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libpcre3-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpcre3-dev on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpcre3-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre3-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libpcre3-dev
Source: pcre3 (2:8.39-15)
Version: 2:8.39-15+b1
Installed-Size: 2225
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.39-15+b1), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.39-15+b1), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.39-15+b1), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.39-15+b1)
Size: 656860
SHA256: 6bbf0190000bbd9b87152d6f544943984e3318792260154d513f83365dda8fc2
SHA1: 4bd8bf3aaaf964ba518705b181c20eb6406cb50a
MD5sum: d1db8c33b68e6b4cd87830b3995989a0
Description: Old 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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New packages should use the newer pcre2 packages, and existing
packages should migrate to pcre2.
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This package contains the development files, including headers, static
libraries, and documentation.
Description-md5:
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+b1_amd64.deb