How to Install and Uninstall libreadline7 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libreadline7" package

Learn how to install libreadline7 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libreadline7
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libreadline7" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libreadline7 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline7
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline7 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libreadline7
Source: readline
Version: 7.0-5
Installed-Size: 416
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
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/readline/libreadline7_7.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 151036
MD5sum: 1864f9810fbbf7c7bec9ed5ce9459e64
SHA256: 01e99d68427722e64c603d45f00063c303b02afb53d85c8d1476deca70db64c6