How to Install and Uninstall libedit-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libedit-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libedit-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libedit-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libedit-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libedit-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libedit-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libedit-dev
Source: libedit
Version: 3.1-20221030-2
Installed-Size: 495
Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libedit2 (= 3.1-20221030-2), libbsd-dev (>= 0.1.3), libncurses-dev | libtinfo-dev
Description: BSD editline and history libraries (development files)
Description-md5: d563680e6c8f51c40aea576bffaea165
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Tag: devel::library, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode,
role::devel-lib, role::program, suite::bsd, uitoolkit::ncurses,
use::editing
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libedit-dev_3.1-20221030-2_amd64.deb
Size: 113292
MD5sum: bc2e144257c68da900b8e7d37622b81f
SHA256: 48bca9c65f1fbad257cdeeef235003b63136804cfe936d85ac311f2abb6c9764