pcre (deprecated)
Disable date: 2030-06-22
Recommended replacement: pcre2
Install command:
brew install pcreAlso known as: pcre1
Perl compatible regular expressions library
License: BSD-3-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/pcre.json
Formula code: pcre.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 8.45 |
Patches:
| https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/libtool/configure-big_sur.diff |
Uses from macOS: bzip2
Binaries:
pcre-config,
pcregrep,
pcretest
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 1,125 | 3,902 | 37,031 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Installs on Request | 795 | 3,018 | 19,427 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Build Errors | 5 |