How to Install and Uninstall libreadline8 Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libreadline8" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libreadline8 on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libreadline8 on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 libreadline8 package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: libreadline8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.1.2-1
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: 461
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.33), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline8_8.1.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 153210
MD5sum: 5c6ea4b0f2a30fc0054fb8e6b2b65b82
SHA1: 674a564c77e3c831875121d938b5ce704d11681b
SHA256: 51fd16f608efa710c987e4b071ffba0bec63a9ac8e55eddd5770f5e5252edc09
SHA512: fa7cd79731d535294ec3e0e03f8589d6ae434498c9fb76e2ca7fb9bb19f15b9a9c2717747f410580720e7d596aeb75c90b3a08c45e7c018a8e27be6915530d4b
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Task: minimal, server-minimal