How To Install pcregrep on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pcregrep

pcregrep is:

Perl-style regexps have many useful features that the standard POSIX ones don’t; this is basically the same as grep but with the different regexp syntax.

The other reason for the existence of pcregrep is that its source code is an example of programming with libpcre.

There are three methods to install pcregrep 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 pcregrep Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pcregrep

Install pcregrep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pcregrep using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pcregrep

Install pcregrep 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 pcregrep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcregrep

How To Uninstall pcregrep on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pcregrep package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pcregrep

Uninstall pcregrep And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcregrep

Remove pcregrep Configurations and Data

To remove pcregrep configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcregrep

Remove pcregrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcregrep

Dependencies

pcregrep have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcre3

References

• pcregrep website

Summary

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