How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libpcre3" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libpcre3 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpcre3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpcre3" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpcre3 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpcre3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.39-13build3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: required
Section: libs
Source: pcre3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 683
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<= 4.3-3)
Breaks: approx (<< 4.4-1~), cduce (<< 0.5.3-2~), cmigrep (<< 1.5-7~), galax (<< 1.1-7~), libpcre-ocaml (<< 6.0.1~), liquidsoap (<< 0.9.2-3~), ocsigen (<< 1.3.3-1~)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_8.39-13build3_amd64.deb
Size: 233972
MD5sum: ce7d0fb22bba4e07c8b71d402b065568
SHA1: 7d2e2d6660e82d3784fdcc35c4849c6bf55bcad4
SHA256: a0988400330b6ae264f7f249b1142110774030f10ee87b7e41539ec784c6ce9c
SHA512: 05047bfbb450a5619ecab277e3311cd9b745087f34d736bd4b0257f796aa0f6c25fb72586b11c417a2efec25aef051c8b926afa73b0604bf952f670f33394ae6
Description-en: Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime files
This is a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax
and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language.
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New packages should use the newer pcre2 packages, and existing
packages should migrate to pcre2.
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This package contains the runtime libraries.
Description-md5: 554ac784f7314cb2c59649814e330d34
Task: minimal