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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "readline-doc" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall readline-doc on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: readline-doc
Source: readline
Version: 7.0-5
Installed-Size: 157
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Replaces: libreadline6-dev (<< 6.3-8)
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, documentation and examples
Description-md5: c8534f555dbe0fd59472187417afcf19
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: doc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/readline-doc_7.0-5_all.deb
Size: 117792
MD5sum: a084001ab786af93a05e73549e1c5a3f
SHA256: 53b417db135e9bb006f4daa056d7b34d54b53a4e7dfc8d21520756465d382e81