How To Install regexxer on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install regexxer on Ubuntu.

What is `regexxer`

regexxer is:

Regexxer is a nifty GUI search/replace tool featuring Perl-style regular expressions (PCRE - Perl Regex). If you need project-wide substitution and you’re tired of hacking sed command lines together, then you should definitely give it a try.

The tool can be used to search files or contents inside of a file.

There are three methods to install regexxer on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install regexxer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install regexxer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install regexxer

Install regexxer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install regexxer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install regexxer

Install regexxer Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install regexxer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install regexxer

How To Uninstall regexxer on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the regexxer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove regexxer

Uninstall regexxer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall regexxer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove regexxer

Remove regexxer Configurations and Data

To remove regexxer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge regexxer

Remove regexxer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove regexxer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge regexxer

Dependencies

regexxer have the following dependencies:

References

regexxer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install regexxer package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.