How to Install and Uninstall libreadline7 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libreadline7" package

This guide let you learn how to install libreadline7 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libreadline7
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libreadline7" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libreadline7 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libreadline7
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreadline7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libreadline7
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.0-3
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: 402
Depends: readline-common, libc6 (>= 2.15), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/main/r/readline/libreadline7_7.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 123760
MD5sum: 178a174af25cb10d25743e0b46ac34bf
SHA1: 7645c3a808c7006e18a16508185d10a79f0f21e8
SHA256: 8706403267e95615f1b70db31ff16709361982728b308466346e01c20a743dd5
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries
Description-md5: 02109af5819248ca867891090079f329
Task: minimal, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y