How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libpcre3-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libpcre3-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpcre3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libpcre3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libpcre3-dev
Source: pcre3
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 2114
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.45-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.45-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.45-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.45-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.45-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_8.45-1+ubuntu22.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 596252
MD5sum: 7406336a5c7b3a654fbf76240158cf54
SHA1: bdd5282d812c03f809091e69bae4d129e872ffe3
SHA256: df8a3dce136e8ec93d1ef1123b2e1718b368bf1bcb8e93490ae33ee65078a7e0
Description: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: 3841aaec6be821ceb04646f8f92bb95c
Multi-Arch: same

Package: libpcre3-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1
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: 2187
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_8.39-13ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 578728
MD5sum: bec9174306d2ab9e39bef63e81c8f11e
SHA1: 4205c1fce66821ee08c60e9a124a9b319781c1d1
SHA256: 79762f3fcd3a29ee9c9c0faf61c0d0292b83b9d07e0bd37566401f0e2109ca87
SHA512: a2b9526b09767a1ba5daba69e73e9a0ae4b63a12929db8dbfb22fd2eff8c80f2ab1c692340bf29532ff86d8d11e9c11e2bf65c7b3433ec507e9553ffd9fdca33
Description: Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: eebe4f9bfa07d216beb413924dacf563

Package: libpcre3-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:8.39-13build5
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: 2187
Depends: libc6-dev, libpcre3 (= 2:8.39-13build5), libpcre16-3 (= 2:8.39-13build5), libpcre32-3 (= 2:8.39-13build5), libpcrecpp0v5 (= 2:8.39-13build5)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3-dev_8.39-13build5_amd64.deb
Size: 578114
MD5sum: 0da905a5816a8dfd23b237a43352a7ab
SHA1: 29940b108c6ca746768625b8fd1227c763aed609
SHA256: 19d536438102d25a993dd86f880f350ad60fca84da3c7c1287c6b8ccb5c8889e
SHA512: 9d49a73d06fdddc95cef83c32027c1979a9cf5ce17c1fd6c50ee37cd9c95e3a09466a447b953397312e100fb057a7396adf2cd7a0489f12a1438702dbfcec3a8
Description: Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files
Description-md5: eebe4f9bfa07d216beb413924dacf563