How to Install and Uninstall libreadline8 Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libreadline8" package

This is a short guide on how to install libreadline8 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libreadline8 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libreadline8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.2-3
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: 465
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.38), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline8_8.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 151614
MD5sum: b609017ec8f287c273fdf57ab208efbf
SHA1: 3f4df25dfa12fb20366a343568b6e970c83d79b8
SHA256: 16db9ee9f6dde59e831afbe94e1a87c4a008e1468bb94d92ab732121c4707347
SHA512: 72156ca51fe282b23c1f682fba6a774b6017e6c4d48d753a28c37ca544b1989204dcbb827e8be910bb191c397f36d9f46f5d9fb9ad1f478c63a1cc714809a2f7
Homepage: https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Task: cloud-minimal, minimal, server-minimal