.. _spkg_pcre:

pcre: Perl-compatible regular expressions library
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Description
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Perl-compatible regular expressions library.

License
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BSD License; see LICENCE (sic) at the root of the original tarball.


Upstream Contact
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Mailing list at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/pcre-dev

Dependencies
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None listed.


Special Update/Build Instructions
---------------------------------

None applicable (see README at tarball's root).

Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    8.40.p2


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install pcre


cygwin:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ apt-cyg install libpcre-devel


Debian/Ubuntu:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo apt-get install  libpcre3-dev


Fedora/Redhat/CentOS:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo yum install  pcre pcre-devel


freebsd:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo pkg install devel/pcre


homebrew:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ brew install pcre


macports:
install the following packages: pcre

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install "pkgconfig(libpcre)" "pkgconfig(libpcreposix)" "pkgconfig(libpcrecpp)"


slackware:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo slackpkg install pcre


void:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo xbps-install  pcre-devel


See https://repology.org/project/pcre/versions


If the system package is installed, ./configure will check whether it can be used.