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Version: 8.33
The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5.
Get the Code
Switch to /usr/local/src and download the source package.
cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-VERSION.tar.gz
Extract the archive and move into the folder.
tar -xzvf pcre-VERSION.tar.gz
cd pcre-VERSION
Compile and Install
Configure, compile and install into /usr/local/pcre-VERSION.
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pcre-VERSION
make
make install
Create a symbolic link that points /usr/local/pcre to /usr/local/pcre-VERSION.
ln -s pcre-VERSION /usr/local/pcre
Shell
Execute the following lines to update your Bash startup script.
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/pcre/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile
Load the new shell configurations.
source ~/.bash_profile
Verify the Installation
To verify that you have correctly installed PCRE, execute the following command. It should display VERSION.
pcre-config --version