How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "libreadline-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libreadline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.0-3
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: 711
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline7 (= 7.0-3), libtinfo-dev, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: readline-doc
Conflicts: libreadline-gplv2-dev, libreadline5-dev, libreadline6-dev
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline-dev_7.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 133028
MD5sum: 77d0b2a8fc327b5b65d132cea0b6b3ba
SHA1: 2101d7679f4deff1828dc433c6bb18c9b1b6dde1
SHA256: 62adb30f50ec8384fc9dcc4570ddb4471a0739e55c0a897c9abe0fcf843ebf99
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30
Supported: 5y