How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libreadline-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libreadline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: readline
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 800
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline8 (= 8.2-3), libncurses-dev
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-gplv2-dev, libreadline5-dev, libreadline6-dev
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline-dev_8.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 167326
MD5sum: 270d42b22d7a196192dffd07e67b014f
SHA1: 2a0bb6768112c9aade29a75639a46fc92d32e38d
SHA256: 12fe8ced314ed09a4c8ad9285ec4c377787d8d7134eb0b107310aa745cede288
SHA512: 96076133d53110ffb7eff18be95d4bbd8fc8d12d3d5f3ac2be39c3c3bfbd27abf658aca5310657f0ab1bcc99d3580d6b7b2102e3a5e3a6c2b5c9fa693913674a
Homepage: https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30