How To Install libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpcre2-dev
libpcre2-dev is:
This is PCRE2, the new implementation of PCRE, a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language. New projects should use this library in preference to the older library, confusingly called pcre3 in Debian.
This package contains the development files, including headers, static libraries, and documentation.
There are three methods to install libpcre2-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 libpcre2-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 libpcre2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcre2-dev
Install libpcre2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcre2-dev
Install libpcre2-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 libpcre2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcre2-dev
How To Uninstall libpcre2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpcre2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcre2-dev
Uninstall libpcre2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcre2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre2-dev
Remove libpcre2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpcre2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcre2-dev
Remove libpcre2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcre2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcre2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
