How To Install pcre-cpp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre-cpp on Rocky Linux 8. pcre-cpp is C++ bindings for PCRE

Introduction

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

What is pcre-cpp

This is C++ bindings for the Perl-compatible regular expression library. Detailed change log is provided by pcre-doc package.

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

Install pcre-cpp 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 pcre-cpp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcre-cpp

Install pcre-cpp 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 pcre-cpp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcre-cpp

How To Uninstall pcre-cpp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pcre-cpp

pcre-cpp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/1ec5edd25a518873b1c45729762c441107c40c
/usr/lib/libpcrecpp.so.0
/usr/lib/libpcrecpp.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/90d5faa22f55ea50d25a71c07e8bfcaf3676b8
/usr/lib64/libpcrecpp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpcrecpp.so.0.0.1

References

Summary

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