How to Install and Uninstall readline-common Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "readline-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install readline-common on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                readline-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "readline-common" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall readline-common on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: readline-common
Source: readline
Version: 7.0-5
Installed-Size: 89
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Replaces: libreadline-common, libreadline4 (<< 4.3-16), libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-common, libreadline5 (<< 5.0-11)
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, common files
Description-md5: c8e28b105311ffa41fe6e8f86c041f82
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: interface::commandline, role::app-data, role::program, suite::gnu
Section: utils
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/readline-common_7.0-5_all.deb
Size: 70572
MD5sum: 9029400671685a94dee31d91c1c080b9
SHA256: 153d8a5ddb04044d10f877a8955d944612ec9035f4c73eec99d85a92c3816712