How to Install and Uninstall pcre2.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "pcre2.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install pcre2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                pcre2.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pcre2.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall pcre2.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pcre2.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9)

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Installed Packages
Name : pcre2
Version : 10.40
Release : 2.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 639 k
Source : pcre2-10.40-2.el9.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Perl-compatible regular expression library
URL : https://www.pcre.org/
License : BSD
Description : PCRE2 is a re-working of the original PCRE (Perl-compatible regular
: expression) library to provide an entirely new API.
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: PCRE2 is written in C, and it has its own API. There are three sets of
: functions, one for the 8-bit library, which processes strings of bytes, one
: for the 16-bit library, which processes strings of 16-bit values, and one for
: the 32-bit library, which processes strings of 32-bit values. There are no C++
: wrappers. This package provides support for strings in 8-bit and UTF-8
: encodings. Install pcre2-utf16 or pcre2-utf32 packages for the other ones.
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: The distribution does contain a set of C wrapper functions for the 8-bit
: library that are based on the POSIX regular expression API (see the pcre2posix
: man page). These can be found in a library called libpcre2posix. Note that
: this just provides a POSIX calling interface to PCRE2; the regular expressions
: themselves still follow Perl syntax and semantics. The POSIX API is
: restricted, and does not give full access to all of PCRE2's facilities.