How To Install pcre on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre on AlmaLinux 8.
What is pcre
PCRE, Perl-compatible regular expression, library has its own native API, but a set of wrapper functions that are based on the POSIX API are also supplied in the libpcreposix library. Note that this just provides a POSIX calling interface to PCRE and semantics. This package provides support for strings in 8-bit and UTF-8 encodings. Detailed change log is provided by pcre-doc package.
We can use yum or dnf to install pcre on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcre.
Install pcre on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pcre using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pcre
Install pcre on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pcre using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pcre
How To Uninstall pcre on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the pcre package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pcre
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
