How To Install libpcre2-posix2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre2-posix2 on Kali Linux.

What is libpcre2-posix2

libpcre2-posix2 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 runtime library for the posix-compatible API.

There are three methods to install libpcre2-posix2 on Kali Linux. 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-posix2 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-posix2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcre2-posix2

Install libpcre2-posix2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcre2-posix2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcre2-posix2

Install libpcre2-posix2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcre2-posix2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcre2-posix2

How To Uninstall libpcre2-posix2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpcre2-posix2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcre2-posix2

Uninstall libpcre2-posix2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcre2-posix2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre2-posix2

Remove libpcre2-posix2 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcre2-posix2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcre2-posix2

Remove libpcre2-posix2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcre2-posix2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcre2-posix2

Dependencies

libpcre2-posix2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcre2-8-0

References

• libpcre2-posix2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre2-posix2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.