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pcre2-devel


Information about the package, pcre2-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcre2-devel package is designed for, Development files for pcre2.


Package Name:

pcre2-devel

Summary:

Development files for pcre2

Description:

Development files (headers, libraries for dynamic linking, documentation) for pcre2. The header file for the POSIX-style functions is called pcre2posix.h.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

10.21

Release:

21.el6

Size:

567 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for pcre2-devel


Control the pcre2-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pcre2-devel

This command will install pcre2-devel on the server.

yum remove pcre2-devel

This command will un-install pcre2-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcre2-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pcre2-devel

This command will un-install pcre2-devel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pcre2-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update pcre2-devel

This command will update pcre2-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcre2-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pcre2-devel

This command will update pcre2-devel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pcre2-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info pcre2-devel

This command will show you core information about the pcre2-devel package.

yum deplist pcre2-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for pcre2-devel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update pcre2-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcre2-devel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.