How to Install and Uninstall libreadline-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libreadline-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall libreadline-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: libreadline-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.0-4
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: 750
Provides: libreadline6-dev
Depends: libreadline8 (= 8.0-4), libncurses-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_8.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 141204
MD5sum: 66fe8099f637b3e77f97cd4b0e829470
SHA1: f3bd3f7d955d0d97d230d3ee6e4c60dde2340493
SHA256: 48afce7a6c25675602f1d877531680256fad51ec3b17660f5a6e35088ecbf657
Description: GNU readline and history libraries, development files
Description-md5: 3793ef1d4c2c0318abafe0980aadcd30