How To Install lua-rex-pcre2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install lua-rex-pcre2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. lua-rex-pcre2 is Perl regular expressions library (PCRE2) for the Lua language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-pcre2 on Debian 12.

What is lua-rex-pcre2

lua-rex-pcre2 is:

This package provides bindings for Perl regular expressions (PCRE2) to the Lua language.

There are three methods to install lua-rex-pcre2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lua-rex-pcre2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-rex-pcre2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-pcre2

Install lua-rex-pcre2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-rex-pcre2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua-rex-pcre2

Install lua-rex-pcre2 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 lua-rex-pcre2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-pcre2

How To Uninstall lua-rex-pcre2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the lua-rex-pcre2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-pcre2

Uninstall lua-rex-pcre2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-rex-pcre2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rex-pcre2

Remove lua-rex-pcre2 Configurations and Data

To remove lua-rex-pcre2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-pcre2

Remove lua-rex-pcre2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua-rex-pcre2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-pcre2

Dependencies

lua-rex-pcre2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-pcre2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.