How to Install and Uninstall pcregrep Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "pcregrep" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pcregrep on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install pcregrep

2. Uninstall "pcregrep" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pcregrep on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove pcregrep $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the pcregrep package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: pcregrep
Source: pcre3
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 79
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.44-2+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpcre3 (>= 2:8.41)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/pcregrep_8.44-2+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 39088
MD5sum: 7432846fb4e6ef58175287ea2ae4fcc0
SHA1: 4f3c719c5501bbce8c51cc63ec733d37823b9288
SHA256: 2b5163dec14b9cec3f33344907adb17e5c3ab7ecc89a6790e01cc4c5917d42d3
Description: grep utility that uses perl 5 compatible regexes.
Description-md5: b0a601c5f8b647ddc42b4beaba17e22e

Package: pcregrep
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.39-9ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: pcre3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 62
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpcre3
Replaces: pgrep (<< 4.5)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pcre3/pcregrep_8.39-9ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 27680
MD5sum: f5c50ecc3d6516567662df3207da73ae
SHA1: d68dff5cce035947432b58b4a0a772bbed6ffeac
SHA256: fbd30363c4d4622b973f3196bf512f8c2ef6573ab3907f2937f3bd68b43d0b12
SHA512: 720d892eeeee3e04a18011770e4a8aaf7c544e21c58db79f577bba9caf14b225a72318070f9ba1749fa4e8bfd038fe5106a10a03230d413ba77901c347cacf8a
Description: grep utility that uses perl 5 compatible regexes.
Description-md5: b0a601c5f8b647ddc42b4beaba17e22e

Package: pcregrep
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.39-9
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: pcre3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 62
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpcre3
Replaces: pgrep (<< 4.5)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pcre3/pcregrep_8.39-9_amd64.deb
Size: 27624
MD5sum: 532b0e5bed5c58ea9e09cdcc4533a7e2
SHA1: e8e14ce86bf39282d65f17a5fc1e7302310f3fcf
SHA256: 104e20a5f85f60b44fadc9a07c9ffef386c66e8677fab4a8e331efcb05656268
Description: grep utility that uses perl 5 compatible regexes.
Description-md5: b0a601c5f8b647ddc42b4beaba17e22e