Raspberry Pi OS • Re: Can't install libpcre3 and libpcre3-dev

That package is old and has been replaced by libpcre2.

From the Debian page about libpcre2

This is a library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language.

New packages should use the newer pcre2 packages, and existing packages should migrate to pcre2.

The new packages are:
libpcre2-16-0 - New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - 16 bit runtime files
libpcre2-32-0 - New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - 32 bit runtime files
libpcre2-8-0 - New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime files
libpcre2-dev - New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library - development files

Statistics: Posted by rpdom — Mon Nov 24, 2025 10:47 am

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