How To Install ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pcre-light in Fedora 36. ghc-pcre-light is Portable regex library for Perl 5 compatible regular expressions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36.

What is `ghc-pcre-light`

A small, efficient and portable regex library for Perl 5 compatible regular expressions. The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-pcre-light.

Install ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-pcre-light using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghc-pcre-light

Install ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ghc-pcre-light using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghc-pcre-light

How To Uninstall ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ghc-pcre-light package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghc-pcre-light

ghc-pcre-light Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/be13bf9bc17d59e8e308c3aea3980c2e9f0be5
/usr/lib64/libHSpcre-light-0.4.1.0-49IZWgnhMR1Cce5oF6A0kv-ghc8.10.5.so
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-pcre-light
/usr/share/licenses/ghc-pcre-light/LICENSE

References

ghc-pcre-light website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pcre-light on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).