How To Install pcre2-utf16 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-utf16 on Rocky Linux 8. pcre2-utf16 is UTF-16 variant of PCRE2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-utf16 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcre2-utf16`

This is PCRE2 library working on UTF-16 strings.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcre2-utf16 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcre2-utf16.

Install pcre2-utf16 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-utf16 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcre2-utf16

Install pcre2-utf16 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-utf16 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcre2-utf16

How To Uninstall pcre2-utf16 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcre2-utf16 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcre2-utf16

pcre2-utf16 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/bcb49a155409eb0597ddcca14f204285749dcf
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-16.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-16.so.0.7.1
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf16
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf16/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf16/LICENCE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/1a9ed9c394151a98c3eef52b2e91a8a7e9a089
/usr/lib/libpcre2-16.so.0
/usr/lib/libpcre2-16.so.0.7.1
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf16/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf16
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf16/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf16/LICENCE

References

pcre2-utf16 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-utf16 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.