How To Install pcregrep on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcregrep
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcregrep
Remove pcregrep Configurations and Data
To remove pcregrep
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcregrep
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.