How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libpcre2-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libpcre2-dev
Source: pcre2
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2568
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.40-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.40-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.40-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.40-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-posix3 (= 10.40-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.40-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 694772
MD5sum: 61d610fa688e67b9634d170a7c5551fc
SHA1: af44670894ffd61b3cab504bcfb003c38ff2ded4
SHA256: bd8311ba54f8507a1dcc2b62e4d272620e499dfed736b3d96c3fde182da219b9
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86
Multi-Arch: same

Package: libpcre2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.31-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: pcre2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2276
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.31-2), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.31-2), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.31-2), libpcre2-posix0 (= 10.31-2)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.31-2_amd64.deb
Size: 626756
MD5sum: 42ba38a125796c39e884f0d4dab139ae
SHA1: 5178a37b40b470aff1995a09ee0fb48533ed6dee
SHA256: aee46d0abe0a17af4a53994b2dd1d3792b9bf11dec762619661a2b0f6823bc39
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86