How To Install libpcre3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre3 on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 libpcre3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcre3

How To Uninstall libpcre3 on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcre3

Remove libpcre3 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcre3 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• libpcre3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcre3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.