How To Install libpcre3-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre3-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpcre3-dbg
libpcre3-dbg is:
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.
This package contains the debug symbols, Build-Ids: 15d3a9cbc68d499dcf402d31ddb376031ad62caf 3b1e09f51a35be43a36f953474c45e50d5c92c8c 55bf786a4452ebf071471668e459185c7d246fd3 90a529ae5d50faddd9cc20e87a71c65613b3c28f ac83711fbcb2725ad376ca8f8c947f6a782e7a65 ee0335551560905e461fe92838680462db153d63
There are three methods to install libpcre3-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpcre3-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre3-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcre3-dbg
Install libpcre3-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre3-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcre3-dbg
Install libpcre3-dbg Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre3-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcre3-dbg
How To Uninstall libpcre3-dbg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpcre3-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcre3-dbg
Uninstall libpcre3-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcre3-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre3-dbg
Remove libpcre3-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libpcre3-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcre3-dbg
Remove libpcre3-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcre3-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcre3-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre3-dbg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
