How To Install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8. ocaml-pcre is Perl compatibility regular expressions (PCRE) for OCaml

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ocaml-pcre

Perl compatibility regular expressions (PCRE) for OCaml.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocaml-pcre.

Install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ocaml-pcre

Install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ocaml-pcre

How To Uninstall ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ocaml-pcre

ocaml-pcre Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/2c4e35aeabf8dc6d2894872bd3a2c42dc683d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/9e85fc39494d3a5d0e80ee0549016ca86549fb
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/META
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.annot
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.cma
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.cmi
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.cmt
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.cmti
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.cmx
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre.cmxs
/usr/lib64/ocaml/pcre/pcre_compat.cmx
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllpcre_stubs.so
/usr/lib64/ocaml/stublibs/dllpcre_stubs.so.owner
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-pcre
/usr/share/doc/ocaml-pcre/COPYING.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocaml-pcre on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.