How To Install tre on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tre on Rocky Linux 8. tre is POSIX compatible regexp library with approximate matching

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tre on Rocky Linux 8.

What is tre

TRE is a lightweight, robust, and efficient POSIX compatible regexp matching library with some exciting features such as approximate matching.

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

Install tre 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 tre using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tre

Install tre 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 tre using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tre

How To Uninstall tre on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the tre package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tre

tre Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/4110392c4e0d644b8dfe2ddc70c5243b5a843b
/usr/lib64/libtre.so.5
/usr/lib64/libtre.so.5.0.0

References

Summary

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