How To Install libpcre3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre3 on Debian 9.
What is libpcre3
libpcre3 is:
This is 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 packages should use the newer pcre2 packages, and existing packages should migrate to pcre2.
This package contains the runtime libraries.
There are three methods to install libpcre3 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpcre3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpcre3
Install libpcre3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpcre3
Install libpcre3 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpcre3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpcre3
How To Uninstall libpcre3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpcre3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpcre3
Uninstall libpcre3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpcre3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre3
Remove libpcre3 Configurations and Data
To remove libpcre3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpcre3
Remove libpcre3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpcre3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcre3
Dependencies
libpcre3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.