How to Install and Uninstall libreadline8 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libreadline8" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libreadline8 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libreadline8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libreadline8" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libreadline8 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline8 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libreadline8
Source: readline
Version: 8.1-1
Installed-Size: 471
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline8_8.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 168612
MD5sum: daf1141b689c65a298a3a90e0a267deb
SHA256: 162ba9fdcde81b5502953ed4d84b24e8ad4e380bbd02990ab1a0e3edffca3c22