How To Install pcre2-utf32 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-utf32 on Rocky Linux 8. pcre2-utf32 is UTF-32 variant of PCRE2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-utf32 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcre2-utf32`

This is PCRE2 library working on UTF-32 strings.

We can use yum or dnf to install pcre2-utf32 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcre2-utf32.

Install pcre2-utf32 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-utf32 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcre2-utf32

Install pcre2-utf32 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-utf32 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcre2-utf32

How To Uninstall pcre2-utf32 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcre2-utf32 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcre2-utf32

pcre2-utf32 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/1d07f2d6f6038e9f2a36f929749218d0d00cb2
/usr/lib/libpcre2-32.so.0
/usr/lib/libpcre2-32.so.0.7.1
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf32
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf32/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf32/LICENCE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/574b5e4f60d739a54fca7aac3182d7c310e043
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-32.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-32.so.0.7.1
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pcre2-utf32/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf32
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf32/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-utf32/LICENCE

References

pcre2-utf32 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-utf32 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.