How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libpcre2-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libpcre2-dev
Source: pcre2
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2604
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.42-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.42-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.42-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.42-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-posix3 (= 10.42-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.42-3+ubuntu20.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 694312
MD5sum: 53d03a70537f7e34dd4fb0047ff7a031
SHA1: 2404cfadb83f0fa08035c743283691dbb70ef892
SHA256: 515687d2758c188c3474d40bb7f8b4f5c2333decc4e7d472aee348499dd47e57
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86
Multi-Arch: same

Package: libpcre2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.34-7ubuntu0.1
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: 2496
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.34-7ubuntu0.1), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.34-7ubuntu0.1), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.34-7ubuntu0.1), libpcre2-posix2 (= 10.34-7ubuntu0.1)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.34-7ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 672460
MD5sum: ad4817edfdf006d55a576fe3ace06e7a
SHA1: ee42e5569a3c254a9e2ba9010ae0527b1bc42f88
SHA256: 42ad7a56a2f6f75f3666b8cbd7e3fcd058c5686aeddaf1b57201c3b28d46310d
SHA512: f720d34ead6eb659680fdbd7a62b7896c847c183e6f0664c216cb537805920cd5614da6017f071a6d77b5094119f052384cd55f02c5573f1249168699ee639a5
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86

Package: libpcre2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.34-7
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: 2491
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.34-7), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.34-7), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.34-7), libpcre2-posix2 (= 10.34-7)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.34-7_amd64.deb
Size: 669684
MD5sum: 67dcb3bed8740d2da76652c674245487
SHA1: 4e9b9a1c131218f102f6c2847eb5136316e447af
SHA256: 88a99876c605d6460fecc169f0482db83b0b62843dc192f2ae63b75516881f6c
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Description: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86