How to Install and Uninstall libpcre2-8-0 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libpcre2-8-0" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpcre2-8-0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpcre2-8-0" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpcre2-8-0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the libpcre2-8-0 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpcre2-8-0
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 592
Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: same
Source: pcre2
Version: 10.36-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description-en: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime 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.
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This package contains the 8 bit runtime library.
Description-md5: 734c95b9f25246dab73666cd44bfe6a7
Homepage: https://pcre.org/

Package: libpcre2-8-0
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 500
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Source: pcre2
Version: 10.21-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pcre2/libpcre2-8-0_10.21-1_amd64.deb
Size: 164942
MD5sum: fceb6058f5209c2a517da9db6a127cf2
SHA1: 7a903943a6eb97d98087e38054c1352eaeff8e9e
SHA256: b81a876ba97eb7a797a320eefd5b56b57df5ecadd64557dea9c20beaf0e6a3db
Description-en: New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime 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 8 bit runtime library.
Description-md5: 734c95b9f25246dab73666cd44bfe6a7
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu