How To Install pcre-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pcre-static.x86_64 is Static library for pcre

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `pcre-static.x86_64`

Library for static linking for pcre.

We can use yum to install pcre-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pcre-static.x86_64.

Install pcre-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pcre-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcre-static.x86_64

How To Uninstall pcre-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pcre-static.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pcre-static.x86_64

pcre-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libpcre.a
/usr/lib64/libpcre16.a
/usr/lib64/libpcre32.a
/usr/lib64/libpcrecpp.a
/usr/lib64/libpcreposix.a
/usr/share/doc/pcre-static-8.32
/usr/share/doc/pcre-static-8.32/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pcre-static-8.32/LICENCE

References

pcre-static.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcre-static.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.