How to Install and Uninstall libreadline8 Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "libreadline8" package

This is a short guide on how to install libreadline8 on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libreadline8 on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: libreadline8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.0-4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Source: readline
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 441
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline8_8.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 130880
MD5sum: 9c6bb2aa0ffd46e55aacb2e2a091e1e7
SHA1: 345c2855a15a87df9ae7e838e3b3b40bfe8d0f2f
SHA256: 5c0e982098eeb1b69a1360f4dc20553397d0a41240f3b2fc2812ee3f02274a82
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core