How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libpcre2-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libpcre2-dev
Source: pcre2
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2476
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.39-2+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.39-2+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.39-2+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.39-2+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre2-posix2 (= 10.39-2+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.39-2+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 728802
MD5sum: 360f62933aa8d22b1463f9ab302f78fa
SHA1: 3a3e61d263cac6c5d9657d252c28bff57f42f49d
SHA256: 306acad728b0d2b45ff03e24128ceb2d8d796c6b5325a6bda4ae44ce8f2937b5
Description-en: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
This is PCRE2, the new implementation of PCRE, a library of functions
to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics are as
close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language. New projects
should use this library in preference to the older library,
confusingly called pcre3 in Debian.
.
This package contains the development files, including headers,
static libraries, and documentation.
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86
Multi-Arch: same

Package: libpcre2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 10.37-0ubuntu2
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: 2467
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.37-0ubuntu2), libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.37-0ubuntu2), libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.37-0ubuntu2), libpcre2-posix3 (= 10.37-0ubuntu2)
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<< 2:8.35-8)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre2/libpcre2-dev_10.37-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 723902
MD5sum: 18d9f3f71cbca94e9040c502ca2f9938
SHA1: 8e07a40c2c7ec12d1d42c8f21dbcaf779484aff7
SHA256: e41969fcbbe1a28d5f9bf03aa0d5760ceaa474d09df0228095713aea75551ec7
SHA512: dc0aea311a0ab229cf8a706db627dc3606e7169c49d70867697fcf4e000cb06ee903e111d9a73b7df3ccc723815837f97a6003808921dd4bbfe0df586ad7fd3f
Homepage: https://pcre.org/
Description-en: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
This is PCRE2, the new implementation of PCRE, a library of functions
to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics are as
close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language. New projects
should use this library in preference to the older library,
confusingly called pcre3 in Debian.
.
This package contains the development files, including headers,
static libraries, and documentation.
Description-md5: 83cd6126abdeb5c5410938130ac41e86