How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libpcre3-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpcre3-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpcre3-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre3-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libpcre3-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.39-13build3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: pcre3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2298
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.39-13build3), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.39-13build3), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.39-13build3), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.39-13build3)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_8.39-13build3_amd64.deb
Size: 544376
MD5sum: 33eaf2a666babd2c0a67b350c3b27d44
SHA1: 19fb528eba116b515befaf047ca33449a7a266ca
SHA256: 8995d801962b6061e9c1250fa0485bb68bd8f789195fa90844e83422af07650f
SHA512: bfb0a035a3e44a083ac24904aa5e55ccd6a38cbc9bee1d2443be2f6d04461b8c9fe27337351107b461a7b977d1c3016d9c933f2c8e46bd9d467168d199da90f7
Description-en: Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - development 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 development files, including headers, static
libraries, and documentation.
Description-md5: eebe4f9bfa07d216beb413924dacf563