How to Install and Uninstall libeditreadline-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libeditreadline-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libeditreadline-dev on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libeditreadline-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 libeditreadline-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libeditreadline-dev
Source: libedit
Version: 3.1-20230828-1
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libedit-dev
Conflicts: libreadline-dev, libreadline-gplv2-dev, libreadline5-dev
Size: 7292
SHA256: 2d969a23373fa2425e1432074e7e0092a8807692bcddfb63de56595037a3475c
SHA1: 2cbbc1e2a15ffff7527b48b6fdc8860a738fba4e
MD5sum: 068471254d71a037f40fecb8db662aa8
Description: BSD editline and history libraries (shim development files)
GNU readline changed its license from GPL-2 to GPL-3 with version 6,
which excludes GPL-2-only programs from using current readline versions.
editline resembles readline functionally and with regards to its API.
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This is a development shim library that can be used to link a GPL-2-only
program that depends on readline with editline.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libe/libedit/libeditreadline-dev_3.1-20230828-1_amd64.deb