How to install re2 on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL

C++ fast alternative to backtracking RE engines

License: BSD-3-Clause Vendor: Fedora Project https://github.com/google/re2

Availability

Compare package tracks by distribution and architecture. Checkmarks show the architectures available in each repository channel.

Distro	Channel	Version
RHEL 10	Base	20251105
RHEL 9	Base	20211101
RHEL 8	Base	20190801
RHEL 7	Base	20160401

Description

RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library.

Built for AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL.

Install

Base RHEL 7, 8, 9, 10

re2 on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8, 9, 10

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install re2

re2 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install re2

Frequently asked questions

How do I install re2 on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then install the re2 package with your system package manager.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is re2 available for?

re2 is available for RHEL 7, 8, 9, 10.