How To Install pcre2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pcre2-static.x86_64 is Static library for pcre2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pcre2-static.x86_64`

Library for static linking for pcre2.

We can use yum to install pcre2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcre2-static.x86_64.

Install pcre2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcre2-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcre2-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall pcre2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pcre2-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pcre2-static.x86_64

pcre2-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libpcre2-16.a
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-32.a
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-8.a
/usr/lib64/libpcre2-posix.a
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-static-10.23
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-static-10.23/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/pcre2-static-10.23/LICENCE

References

pcre2-static.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre2-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.