How to Install and Uninstall libpcre3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpcre3" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpcre3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libpcre3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpcre3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpcre3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpcre3
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 563
Maintainer: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: same
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.44-2+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description-en: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime 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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This package contains the runtime libraries.
Description-md5: ab0ea99159dc866cd24051e8eda806df

Package: libpcre3
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 655
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthew Vernon
Architecture: amd64
Source: pcre3
Version: 2:8.38-3.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Conflicts: libpcre3-dev (<= 4.3-3)
Breaks: approx (<< 4.4-1~), cduce (<< 0.5.3-2~), cmigrep (<< 1.5-7~), galax (<< 1.1-7~), libpcre-ocaml (<< 6.0.1~), liquidsoap (<< 0.9.2-3~), ocsigen (<< 1.3.3-1~)
Filename: pool/main/p/pcre3/libpcre3_8.38-3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 222826
MD5sum: 2c81decd656a3c3843e47fb5ccf71065
SHA1: a6ca64812097d460f767aa74166bfdaa0af14395
SHA256: 736f799fbb8a8d4be8cdded2b046813de391661d925d6e5a5a82febf65bbf065
Description-en: Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime 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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This package contains the runtime libraries.
Description-md5: ab0ea99159dc866cd24051e8eda806df
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal