How To Install pcre2-tools on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-tools
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is pcre2-tools
Utilities demonstrating PCRE2 capabilities like pcre2grep or pcre2test.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install pcre2-tools
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcre2-tools.
Install pcre2-tools 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 pcre2-tools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcre2-tools
Install pcre2-tools 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 pcre2-tools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcre2-tools
How To Uninstall pcre2-tools on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the pcre2-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcre2-tools
pcre2-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/pcre2grep
/usr/bin/pcre2test
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/30bfdf67d594fe7d21d84e72ba221c4396d17b
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/78504a3ae4115a94989afe8e01db83cf300068
/usr/share/man/man1/pcre2grep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pcre2test.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-tools
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.