How To Install ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7.
What is ghc-pcre-light
A small, efficient and portable regex library for Perl 5 compatible regular expressions. The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghc-pcre-light.
Install ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ghc-pcre-light using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghc-pcre-light
Install ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ghc-pcre-light using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghc-pcre-light
How To Uninstall ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ghc-pcre-light package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghc-pcre-light
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghc-pcre-light on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.