How to Install and Uninstall libreadline5 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "libreadline5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libreadline5 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libreadline5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libreadline5" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libreadline5 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline5 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libreadline5
Source: readline5 (5.2+dfsg-3)
Version: 5.2+dfsg-3+b13
Installed-Size: 343
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/readline5/libreadline5_5.2+dfsg-3+b13_amd64.deb
Size: 119676
MD5sum: f162166603411fc52b0c5ff56e72411c
SHA256: 773fe54058095512ea24275e5d59cdb33c0b06341088b1d2e7045246d567c8ee