How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "libreadline-dev" package

Learn how to install libreadline-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libreadline-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libreadline-dev
Source: readline
Version: 8.1-1
Installed-Size: 784
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline8 (= 8.1-1), libncurses-dev, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-gplv2-dev, libreadline5-dev, libreadline6-dev
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib, role::dummy
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline-dev_8.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 148264
MD5sum: 5b5e3a2377672b09ddf89d239124c22f
SHA256: 3d5049934899da1e7f698f3c8a766bc267c9beb1204c7bde3bab78be2c5b1da3