Information about the package, pcre2-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcre2-tools package is designed for, Auxiliary utilities for pcre2.
Package Name:
pcre2-tools
Summary:
Auxiliary utilities for pcre2
URL:
Description:
Utilities demonstrating PCRE2 capabilities like pcre2grep or pcre2test.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
10.21
Release:
21.el6
Size:
100 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and GPLv3+
Control the pcre2-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pcre2-tools
This command will install pcre2-tools on the server.
yum remove pcre2-tools
This command will un-install pcre2-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcre2-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pcre2-tools
This command will un-install pcre2-tools 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-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update pcre2-tools
This command will update pcre2-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcre2-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pcre2-tools
This command will update pcre2-tools 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-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info pcre2-tools
This command will show you core information about the pcre2-tools package.
yum deplist pcre2-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for pcre2-tools. 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-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcre2-tools. 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.