How to Install and Uninstall libboost-regex-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libboost-regex-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libboost-regex-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libboost-regex-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libboost-regex-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libboost-regex-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libboost-regex-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libboost-regex-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libboost-regex-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: boost-defaults
Version: 1.58.0.1ubuntu1
Depends: libboost-regex1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-regex-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3058
MD5sum: 29f269f5b148439f2800ff690df2bef4
SHA1: f5f8d0637cf5ad621a79865ae9fbc81c689ba13e
SHA256: 3201e59e835bf1a9ff23d09b8efbf5d548704196f9e315ebf9896ee05c31fa52
Description-en: regular expression library for C++ (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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Regular expressions are a form of pattern-matching that are often
used in text processing; many users will be familiar with the Unix
utilities grep, sed and awk, and the programming language perl, each
of which make extensive use of regular expressions. Traditionally C++
users have been limited to the POSIX C APIs for manipulating regular
expressions, and while regex does provide these APIs, they do not
represent the best way to use the library. For example regex can cope
with wide character strings, or search and replace operations (in a
manner analogous to either sed or perl), something that traditional C
libraries can not do.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 44fa5a3c92c57a5cbd7287f9bab39e53
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu