How to Install and Uninstall readline-common Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "readline-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to install readline-common on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall readline-common 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 readline-common package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: readline-common
Source: readline
Version: 8.2-1.3
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_8.2-1.3_all.deb
Size: 68988
MD5sum: ad338a71bb8d67bdbcbe411ae6f65d20
SHA256: 69317523fe56429aa361545416ad339d138c1500e5a604856a80dd9074b4e35c