How To Install libpcre++-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre++-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcre++-dev
libpcre++-dev is:
PCRE++ is a C++ wrapper-class for the library PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions).
Its class allows you to use perl alike regular expressions in your C++ applications. You can use it to search in strings, to split strings into parts using expressions or to search and replace a part of a string with another part.
There are three methods to install libpcre++-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpcre++-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre++-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcre++-dev
Install libpcre++-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre++-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcre++-dev
Install libpcre++-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre++-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcre++-dev
How To Uninstall libpcre++-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcre++-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcre++-dev
Uninstall libpcre++-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcre++-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre++-dev
Remove libpcre++-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpcre++-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcre++-dev
Remove libpcre++-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcre++-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcre++-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre++-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
