# ANN: \`pcre2-ocaml.7.5.1\` released

**URL:** <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-pcre2-ocaml-7-5-1-released/12972>\
**Category:** Ecosystem\
**Tags:** opam\
**Created:** [September 6, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-pcre2-ocaml-7-5-1-released/12972 "2023-09-06T18:57:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-pcre2-ocaml-7-5-1-released/12972/1 "2023-09-06T18:57:14Z")

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Hi, I’ve just released `pcre2-ocaml`, a wrapper around the Debian package `pcre2` (for PCRE new version #2, PCRE2). `pcre-ocaml`, the long-standing version by Markus Mottl will become obsolete b/c Debian is removing support for the underlying Debian package `pcre3` (PCRE old version #1, PCRE1).

[yes, this is confusing.]

This is a port by @tobil4sk (don’t know their ID on this forum): I’m (for now) just maintaining it.

> **[GitHub - camlp5/pcre2-ocaml: OCaml bindings to PCRE (Perl Compatibility...](https://github.com/camlp5/pcre2-ocaml)**
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> OCaml bindings to PCRE (Perl Compatibility Regular Expressions) - GitHub - camlp5/pcre2-ocaml: OCaml bindings to PCRE (Perl Compatibility Regular Expressions)

It should be available in opam by now.

I’ve already found a bug (courtesy of @viritrilbia ) and have a fix with the beginning of unit-tests ready to release.

If anybody has any interest in joining in to maintain this package, please do contact me.

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