How to Install and Uninstall readline-common Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "readline-common" package

This guide let you learn how to install readline-common on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall readline-common on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: readline-common
Source: readline
Version: 8.1-1
Installed-Size: 92
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_8.1-1_all.deb
Size: 73736
MD5sum: 86a155c27d3612c1abf3786c1a03ecf9
SHA256: 3f947176ef949f93e4ad5d76c067d33fa97cf90b62ee0748acb4f5f64790edc8