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

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "rlwrap" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install rlwrap on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall rlwrap on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: rlwrap
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.43-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/editors
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mike Miller
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 290
Provides: readline-editor
Depends: perl:any, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libreadline7 (>= 6.3), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rlwrap/rlwrap_0.43-1_amd64.deb
Size: 97956
MD5sum: ad2855dabeac73944fb197b27c7735c3
SHA1: 79c2b383ff6e7f429e3e79ffae242e45307557c7
SHA256: 4c678d321b88c1e7b20798caa0779e7f5d0f9deadf9ca59acd50cb9449e5f6d2
Homepage: https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap
Description: readline feature command line wrapper
Description-md5: 2dd4e4df63ed824e61c4e21ad05cd1eb