How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpcre2-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpcre2-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre2-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre2-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libpcre2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.42-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: pcre2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2559
Depends: libc-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.42-4ubuntu1), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.42-4ubuntu1), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.42-4ubuntu1), libpcre2-posix3 (= 10.42-4ubuntu1)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.42-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 742868
MD5sum: 8794e7a3969d7bc173c1de9bee9959e7
SHA1: 316e8757f1891404e670d5407c3f4abe444c1bd3
SHA256: 805e9ef0ab47e405cdcaa095577af271b4d5cd06e2922766f9389bddc8a05bc2
SHA512: c0986761c3146c464187e1e23b02887e8c099a84e3e5a681ed297702c1e6411dbcf2db0be2666ee1308b7322e7e56a9cca440f7c9e34604a3b1cf1fda41dc580
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-unity-desktop